Update:
A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Investigators said law enforcement was called to the home on 20332 Wood Duck Road in Altoona around 1 p.m. after neighbors reported that the house was on fire.
Lake County Fire Rescue crews worked to put the fire out and pulled a man from the home.
No one else was injured.
The Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 49-year-old Michael Allen Gall.
Deputies said Gall lived at the home that caught fire, and he had already died when first responders arrived at the scene.
Detectives will now conduct a death investigation into the incident.
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One person is dead after a murder in Altoona Saturday afternoon that also resulted in a fire, officials said.
Crews were called to Wood Duck Road just before 2 p.m.
They said neighbors heard a man yelling outside a house, and multiple gun shots after he went inside.
Shortly after, the house became engulfed in flames.
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Investigators have not released any information about the victim and said they’re working to identify a suspect.
The fire has since been put out.
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