Deputies identify Windermere shooting suspect found dead after standoff, friend describes ‘typical’ couple

The Brief

  • Orange County said the suspect who shot a woman in Windermere and was later found dead in an apparent suicide was Richard Stoner, a licensed doctor.
  • A friend and neighbor said the couple exemplified a “typical marriage.”
  • Deputies said the woman’s condition is stable.

WINDERMERE, Fla. The shooting suspect found dead Tuesday night inside a Windermere home after an hours-long stand off has been identified as Richard Stoner, 67, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The condition of the woman who was shot has stabilized, deputies said Wednesday morning. Neighbors told FOX 35 the shooting victim was Stoner’s wife. Deputies have not confirmed the relationship between shooter and victim but said it was “domestic.”

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