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Two Dead in Murder Suicide at Florida Hospital in Tampa

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TAMPA, Fla. (WTXL)-- A man and woman are dead in what investigators call an apparent murder-suicide at Florida Hospital in Tampa.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says shots were heard in a third floor room around 7 this morning.

Minutes later deputies found a man dead on the floor from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A woman was also found shot she later died in an emergency operating room.

Deputies say 70-year-old Steven Eugene Reynolds shot his stepdaughter, Alana Tedesco, then turned the gun on himself Monday morning.

Officials say both Reynolds and Tedesco were visiting a family member at Florida Hospital. Both died in the incident.

Officials say they are still investigating a motive.