Crime

Manatee sheriff’s office investigating apparent death in Myakka City

Detectives are investigating a death in Myakka City Friday morning, a spokeswoman for the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed, believed to be a suicide.

No other information about the victim was immediately available, according to Melissa Conway of the sheriff’s office.

At 9:39 a.m. Friday, first responders were dispatched to 36000 block of Singletary Road in Myakka City to reports of a shooting, according to the Manatee County Emergency Communications Center.

The sheriff’s office believe the shooting was self-inflicted.



This story was originally published May 10, 2019 at 11:01 AM.

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