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Update: 2 Bodies Found in Target Parking Lot

A man and a woman were found dead inside a vehicle.

Update, 11 a.m., Aug. 10: The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has classified this case as an "apparent murder-suicide."

Update, 8:37 a.m., Aug. 10: TBO.com is reporting that the people found in the car may have been shot. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office will not confirm this at this point.

Earlier:

Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the deaths of two people found dead earlier this evening in Wesley Chapel.

According to sheriff’s office spokesman Kevin Doll, the agency received a call just before 8 p.m. Aug. 9. A man and a woman had been found dead inside a vehicle parked at , 1201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

Doll said no other information is available at this time.

Curiosity seekers are gathering in the parking lot while deputies process the scene. Earlier, a deputy could be seen videotaping the inside of a dark-colored Honda.

The crime scene is in the far edge of Target's parking lot, which features several signs that note the property is under video surveillance.

Stay with Patch for updates as they become available.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 11 p.m. Aug. 9 to include details from the scene and additional photos.

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Sherri Lonon (Editor) August 10, 2012 at 02:35 am
Just a quick update: John's been on the scene trying to get more information, but it doesn't look like the sheriff's office is willing to say much more tonight. We'll look into this in the morning to see what else we can find out.
Norma Murphy August 10, 2012 at 03:31 am
What's happening to our neighborhood? This is getting scary...
Glen August 10, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Perspective people. Odds are the victims knew the killer. And even if it really was random, it's one random killing in how many months? The world is not ending, our neighborhood is not falling apart, nothing is 'getting scary'.
Rosalinda Rosa August 10, 2012 at 01:46 pm
This is alarming, We live in a neighborhood were this don't happen normally. We just need to find out if these were people of the community, or just people passing by doing illegal activities that cause this. We need to follow this story to see if this has drug ties because our kids are growing up in this neighorhood and we don't want them introduced to,or around anything that could impair there future.
Mark Newman August 10, 2012 at 02:01 pm
Murder-suicide...Guaranteed
johnson August 11, 2012 at 06:32 am
To the woman who is concerned for her kids well, sorry to inform you but it's the 21st century your kids wether you like it or not are still being exposed to drugs from friends influences in music etc. Our time is limited on this earth and people do pass away keep that in mind people
Ricardo Castillo August 11, 2012 at 06:06 pm
Why is it that people have to speculate on things they don't have a clue of, it is already sad that 2 human being are dead, pray for their family at this time of hardship and don't post negative comments, let the authorities do their work of investigating what happened, nobody knows what happened than the ones found, may the Lord give them rest
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