The bodies of two teen males have been discovered in a Ponte Verda Beach home and authorities are investigating the case as a murder-suicide.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office’s deputies have responded to the home at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday after a 911 call. Once at the scene, they discovered the bodies of two teenagers, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old, lifeless in a bedroom. It appeared that the victims were shot dead.
Initially, investigators believed that the double-shooting was a murder-suicide, but they said that the case may be an accident. The identities of the victims have not been determined. It was not clear if anyone else was present at the time of the incident.