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Apopka Police Confirm Siblings Killed in Griffin's General Store Murder-Suicide

Authorities report no ongoing threat to the public following the store deaths.

Overview

  • Police said Monday that a man fatally shot his sister before dying by suicide inside Griffin's General Store in Apopka.
  • The victims were identified as siblings Schneita Swift and Ezra Swift.
  • Officers responded to the store at 262 W. Michael Gladden Boulevard around 8:55 p.m. Friday and found both adults deceased.
  • Investigators cited scene evidence, witness accounts, and forensic findings to confirm an isolated domestic violence incident.
  • Neighbors created a small memorial outside the store, and police directed those in crisis to the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.