Six people were shot early Monday in a Florida neighborhood, the Sanford Police Department said.
The shooting was reported shortly before 6:30 a.m. at a home on Hays Drive in Sanford, police said.
Investigators said a gunman went to the home of someone he knows and shot two adults, an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy.
One adult died. The other adult and the two children were taken to a hospital in critical condition, investigators said.
Detectives said the gunman then fled the home and randomly shot two bystanders in the roadway, critically wounding them both.
An officer who was in the area was able to subdue the gunman, who was arrested, police said.
Authorities did not immediately identify the victims or the suspected gunman.
Investigators said the initial shooting appeared to be domestic in nature.
No other details were given.
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