ORLANDO, Fla. – Authorities are investigating an overnight shooting that left two people dead, according to the Orlando Police Department.
Police said the shooting took place shortly before 1 a.m. Friday at 2204 West Central Boulevard, not far from Camping World Stadium.
One victim died at the scene, officers said. The other was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
Authorities later identified the victims as Lloyd Cain, 38, and Michael Carter, 56. Police said investigators believe Cain was the intended victim in the shooting and Carter was killed unintentionally in the crime.
For 12 hours, investigators were collecting evidence and trying to piece together how two people were killed inside the duplex. Detectives towed a white sedan and collected evidence including a television, that was hit by a bullet.
"I heard a struggle upstairs, and after the struggle, the gunfire went off," downstairs neighbor Michael Faison said.
Faison said Carter was staying with him and sleeping on the sofa downstairs when a bullet came through the ceiling of his unit. Faison then called 911.
"He had nothing to do with it," Faison said. "He had nothing to do with it, and the bullet just comes down and hits the man. He's sleeping. I take this as a wake-up (call). I was in the same house and could have been sitting there on the sofa, and by the mercy and grace of God I wasn't."
Throughout much of the day, family and friends were out in front of the duplex mourning.
"I was trying to figure out what kind of gun could put a big hole that can come from one floor and shot to another through the ground, ceiling or whatever," Tiana Williams, who knew Carter since he was staying with her uncle, said.
Details about what led up to the shooting or possible suspects has not been released.
"This has got to stop. Somewhere and somehow, this has got to stop in our community," Faison said.
Orlando police are urging anyone with information to call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.