Police identify man shot to death during home invasion at Orlando apartment complex

The Orlando Police Department on Wednesday identified an 18-year-old man who died Tuesday afternoon in a shooting that left another person injured at an apartment complex.

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Police said they were called at about 1:15 p.m. to the shooting at the Jernigan Gardens apartments on Mercy Drive near WD Judge Road.

Investigators said they discovered Kevin Dewayne Hodges with a gunshot wound in a breezeway.

He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Police said they discovered a second person with a gunshot wound in an apartment.

They said that person was taken to a hospital and is stable.

Investigators did not release the identity of that person.

Police had originally said that a third person was shot, but they determined that that is no longer the case.

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“There are no further individuals with gunshot wounds other than the two listed above,” a police spokesman said. “This shooting began as a home invasion that led to the resident firing at the suspect. We believe there are no suspects outstanding in this case.”

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