Deputies investigate suspicious death at Charlotte County home

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The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a suspicious death that occurred at a home.

CCSO responded to the early morning call regarding a shooting on Matecumbe Road in the South Gulf Cove area at around 5 a.m. on Thursday.

Several deputy vehicles were deployed, and crime scene tape remained around the area the following afternoon, as well as deputy vehicles.

Neighbors said helicopters were flying over the area Thursday.

WINK spoke with one neighbor who was surprised to see this scene here in his neighborhood. He said this is a boating community, and a lot of it is unoccupied.

He has lived here for seven years, and he said this is the first time that he can remember something like this happening.

Neighbors are on edge, worried about their friends who live in the taped-off section of the neighborhood.

And as they went to sleep Thursday night, they still had no idea if they needed to be worried about their safety. They didn’t know if their quiet neighborhood was secure or if there was someone they should be on the lookout for.

The call for this scene came in as a reported shooting; however, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office will only say that this is a death investigation and that the circumstances surrounding the death are suspicious.

WINK asked the sheriff’s office if there were any shots fired or if the person who died was shot, and they said they couldn’t confirm any of that.

They couldn’t even say if anyone is in custody related to this investigation or if they’re searching for anyone.

Two neighbors said they know people on the street, including the older couple who lives at the home deputies are investigating. They just want to know that their friends are OK.

“We just don’t know who it is at this point, who might have suffered some kind of a loss,” said Brian Riley, a neighbor. “Hopefully, it’s nothing terrible, but it seems like it could very well be.”

This remains an active investigation, and deputies have not commented further.

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