Sheriff: 3 dead, 1 injured in central Florida shooting

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LAKELAND, Fla.- Polk County Sheriff’s officials say detectives are investigating at a crime scene where three people were found shot to death and a fourth was injured.

In a news release Wednesday, officials said emergency dispatchers received a report of a shooting at 6:45 a.m.

Patrol deputies found three dead people: two women and a man. A fourth victim, a man had been shot in the face and was taken to the hospital.

Names of the victims have not been released.

No further details were immediately available.

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