Man turns gun on self after shooting ex-girlfriend in Sanford, police say

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LATEST DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION. CHRIS: SANFORD POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SHOOTING YET. THEY GAVE US DETAILS THIS MORNING, BUT SO FAR ARE NOT GIVING OUT THE NAME OF THE SHOOTER OR THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE. TRAGEDY HITS THIS SANFORD NEIGHBORHOOD. >> WAKING UP TO THIS IS HORRIFYING. CHRIS: SANFORD POLICE SAY A MAN SHOWED UP TO HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND HOME ON WEST 11TH STREET WITH A GUN. HE SHOT HER AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF WITH THE SAME WEAPON. THE VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. NEIGHBORS TELL WESH 2 NEWS THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT HAS CHILDREN WHO WERE INSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. ONE NEIGHBOR SAID THE SHOOTER AND THE VICTIM HAD KIDS TOGETHER. >> THE KIDS, THE FAMILY, YOU KNOW? I MEAN I SEE THEM EVERYDAY. CHRIS: PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOKE UP THURSDAY TO CRIME SCENE TAPE AND POLICE LIGHTS. INVESTIGATORS PUT EVIDENCE MARKERS ON THIS CAR THAT NEIGHBORS BELIEVE BELONGED TO THE GUNMAN. IT WAS PARKED A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE HOME. SOME NEIGHBORS WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT AND DIDN’T HEAR THE EARLY MORNING SHOOTING HAPPEN, BUT TEF JOHNSON LIVES NEARBY AND SAYS HIS DAUGHTER WOKE UP TO SCREAMING AND WAS TOO AFRAID TO ALERT ANYONE. >> SHE SAID SHE HEARD A POP. THEY POP FIRECRACKERS AROUND HERE A LOT, BUT SHE SAID SHE HEARD A GUNSHOT OR WHATEVER. THEN SHE SAID SHE HEARD SCREAMING AND SOMETHING HIT THE GATE CHRIS: THE MOTHER WHO WAS SHOT IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL, RECOVERING.

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Police are investigating an attempted murder-suicide at a home in Sanford.Officers said a man had a gun when he walked into a home with children inside.WESH 2's Chris Guardaro brings us the latest details in the investigation.Sanford police are not releasing much information on the shooting. They are choosing not to give out the names of the shooter and the victim."Waking up to this is horrifying," neighbor Tef Johnson said.Sanford police say a man showed up to his ex-girlfriend's home on West 11th Street with a gun.He shot her and then killed himself with the same weapon, investigators said.The victim is expected to recover.Neighbors said the woman who was shot has children who were inside the home at the time of the shooting.One neighbor said the shooter and the victim had kids together."The kids, the family, you know. I mean, I see them every day," Johnson said.People in the neighborhood woke up Thursday to crime scene tape and police lights.Investigators put evidence markers on a car that neighbors believe belonged to the gunman. It was parked a short distance from the home.Some neighbors said they slept through the night and didn't hear the early morning shooting happen, but Johnson lives close by and says his daughter woke up to screaming and was too afraid to alert anyone."She said she heard a pop. They pop firecrackers around here a lot, but she said she heard a gunshot or whatever. Then she said she heard screaming and something hit the gate," Johnson said.The mother who was shot is now recovering in the hospital.