VALRICO, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said it's investigating a murder-suicide that took place in a Valrico neighborhood last Thursday, September 4.

Deputies received a call that morning at around 9:22 a.m. from a man who said he "did something bad" and that he was sorry.

Responding officers went to the home on Crystal Carbon Way and knocked on the door, but did not get a response. While they were on scene, a call came from the victim's employer, who was concerned that the victim had not been at work in several days.

That additional information prompted a welfare check, and deputies entered the home to find two people dead.

HCSO said the victim appeared to suffer blunt force trauma to the upper body, and the suspect had a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firear

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