ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who was killed in a shooting over the weekend.
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Deputies responded to the Hidden Creek Villas apartments on Rivertree Circle at 8 a.m. Sunday for reports of a shooting. They arrived to find a man who had been shot.
The victim was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead there. The sheriff’s office identified him Tuesday as 58-year-old James Cooper.
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Investigators haven’t released any information on a possible suspect. They’re asking anyone who may have information on the shooting to contact Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
Crimeline tips that lead to an arrest could be eligible for a reward.
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The apartment complex where Sunday’s shooting occurred is the same one in which a toddler was shot back in February.
On Tuesday, February 7, Orange County deputies were called to Hidden Creek Villas for reports of another shooting. In that case, they arrived to find a three-year-old child shot in a vehicle, still in their car-seat.
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Neither the child nor the car were believed to be the intended targets of the shooting, deputies said at the time.
The child was taken to the hospital and survived, but that shooting also remains under investigation with no suspects identified.
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