Mother, Daughter Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A Carrollwood woman and her daughter are both dead following what Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies are saying is likely a murder-suicide.

The incident unfolded Wednesday, April 24 just before 11 p.m. when the sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a home on Grainary Avenue.

When deputies arrived at the home, they found Julie B. Hill, 68, “conscious and breathing and with what appeared to be single gunshot wound to the chest," Det. Larry McKinnon, sheriff’s office spokesman, wrote in a release. A .38 caliber revolver was found on the floor next to her.

Hill told deputies she had shot herself and her daughter, McKinnon said.

“Deputies then checked the home and found Tracey Hill in her bedroom with at least one gunshot wound to the head,” he wrote.

Tracey Hill, 45, was pronounced dead at the scene. Julie Hill died shortly after the incident at a local hospital, McKinnon said.

The investigation into the deaths continues as deputies try to determine what events may have led up to the event.

Stay with Patch for updates as they become available.

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