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.
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue)
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue /Lake County Fire Rescue)
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue /Lake County Fire Rescue)
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue /Lake County Fire Rescue)
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue /Lake County Fire Rescue)
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue)
Man pulled from burning home was shot, Lake County deputies say A victim pulled from a house fire on Saturday was found with a gunshot wound, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. (Lake County Fire Rescue /Lake County Fire Rescue)
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