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Man dead, woman in custody after shooting inside golf course community in Indian River County

Deputies arrived at real estate office within Vista Royale Community, which is east of U.S. 1
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Posted at 10:12 PM, Feb 19, 2024
and last updated 2024-02-20 08:37:53-05

INDIAN RIVER COUTY, Fla. — A man was shot dead in the office of a golf course community Monday night and the victim's girlfriend is in custody, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office said.

At 6:43 p.m., the sheriff's office received a 911 call from a woman who said had just shot her boyfriend in the 100 block of Woodland Drive, spokesman Sgt. Kevin Jaworski said in an inquiry from WPTV.

Deputies arrived at a real estate office within the Vista Royale Community, which is east of U.S. 1 and south of the Vero Beach city limits.

They located the woman and man with an "injury consistent with a gunshot wound," Jaworski said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman was brought to the Indian River County Sheriff's Office for questioning.

The names of the woman and man are not being released at this time, Jaworski said.

Jaworski said this appears to be an isolated incident and there was no immediate threat to the public.

Crime scene detectives, the medical examiner's office and representatives from the state attorney's office were at the scene.