Double-shooting in West Orange

OAKLAND, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Orange County Fire Rescue units responded to a double-shooting around 7 p.m. on Friday. Investigators said the shooting was the result of a domestic disturbance which happened at a home on Johns Landing Way in Oakland in West Orange County.

According to deputies, a couple got into an argument. The husband pulled out a gun, shooting his wife twice in the chest, before shooting himself in the head. The shooting occurred  as the couple's children, ages 1 and 2, were outside on the patio of the home. It is unclear whether they witnessed what happened. 

The woman was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition. The man was sent to Health Central in Ocoee, where he later died.   Their names have not been released.  The children are presently in the care of a grandmother.