A property dispute led to the fatal shooting of Richard Bliss and William C. Duncan and the injury of one other Monday afternoon.
Two people are now dead following a shooting at a Plant City business Monday afternoon.
Colonel Donna Lusczynski said HCSO received several phone calls around 4 p.m. regarding a shooting at Bliss Enterprises of Plant City Inc., 3940 E Knights Griffin Rd.
Richard Paul Bliss, owner of Bliss Enterprises, reportedly shot two males in his office. Lusczynski said it is believed Bliss had an ongoing dispute with both males about the property. A relative of the two people who were shot heard the shots, came in and shot Bliss, according to Lusczynski.
Lusczynski said Bliss was killed and the two injured were sent to a local hospital. William C. Duncan, 43, died from his injuries on Monday night, according to the sheriff’s office. The other is stable.
Deputies are investigating whether criminal charges are in place for the relative who shot Bliss. Lusczynski said the relative is “participating voluntarily in an interview” with deputies. Others who were on the property at that time will also be interviewed by deputies.
Lusczynski said the men shot were living on the property and at least one was working for Bliss.
“It was over being on the property,” Lusczynski said. “They were staying on the property here and they had asked them to leave several times.”
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