TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide after deputies found a woman dead and a man in critical condition in a Tampa home Friday afternoon.

The backstory:

According to HCSO, just before 5 p.m., deputies went to a home in the 15100 block of Alexis Drive in Tampa for a welfare check.

Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

Inside the home, deputies found a woman dead and a man suffering from what investigators believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The man was taken to a local hospital and is in critical condition.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

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