ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man and woman were found fatally shot in an Orlando home Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said they were called to a home on Briarmoor Court at 12:38 a.m. in reference to a shooting.
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Upon arrival, deputies said they found a 48-year-old Edgardo Enrique Figueredo, identified as the shooter, and his wife, 39-year-old Yulimer Zaide, fatally shot in a bedroom.
Deputies said the couple's 27-year-old son, their 8-year-old daughter, 9-year-old daughter and the girls' 11-year-old friend were in the home at the time of the shooting.
The couple's children have been placed in the care of their 27-year-old son, officials said. The Department of Children and Families has been contacted.
An investigation into the circumstances leading up to the shooting is ongoing.