2 dead after gunfire erupts in Clay County home

Two people are dead and two more hospitalized after gunfire erupted Monday morning in a home in the Oakleaf area, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

No motive has been uncovered as to why the 45-year-old gunman went there and began firing, the Sheriff’s Office said.

A man identified as Maurico Vasco Lopez, 45, of Jacksonville went into the home on Pine Oaks Lane just after 6 a.m. and began shooting, Undersheriff Ron Lendvay said.

Gunfire kills one at scene

Deputies found four of the eight people there had been shot. One of the four was dead, and Lopez was critically injured, Lendvay said…

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