Crime & Safety

2 Dead, 1 Injured After Shooting

The three female victims all lived at the same Citrus Park home. Police are interviewing people but have made no arrests.

Two women are dead and one is in the hospital, after a triple shooting at a home in the Citrus Park area, where the three resided.

The shooting occurred at 7420 Manhattan Drive on Sunday, May 5, at approximately 11:12 a.m., according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

A witness ran to the nearby District Three office, at 7202 Gunn Highway, and told deputies that a shooting had taken place at the Manhattan Drive home, a sheriff’s office media release states.

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When deputies got to the home, they found two women inside the residence and one down the street from the residence.

“It appears that the victim had fled from the house after being shot,” the release states. “That victim was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital where she remains at this time.”

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One of the women inside the home was dead when deputies arrived, and the other later died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the release states.

Those two women have been identified as Fern Giddings, 56, and Nell Mason, 52, respectively.

The third woman has been identified as Christina Soto, 35.

All three women lived at the home.

“There have been no arrests in connection with these homicides,” the release states. “At this time, detectives have three individuals whom they are interviewing, in reference to the homicides.”

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