Man Shoots Girlfriend Execution Style Then Surrenders to Sheriff's Deputies

SPRING HILL – An investigation is just getting underway into a fatal shooting that occurred late Wednesday evening in the Pristine Place gated community.

Just before 11:00 p.m. Wednesday, dispatchers received a call from a resident on St. Ives Blvd who claimed a man approached them covered in blood and admitted to shooting his girlfriend.

Numerous deputies arrived on the scene within minutes of the call and placed the suspect in custody without incident.

Upon entering the residence located at the 3400 block of St. Ives Blvd, they located the victim in a back bedroom with a single gunshot wound to the back of her head.

The victim's identity is unknown, but sources say she was just 30 years old.

The suspect's identity has not been released by officials.

R News will bring more on this story as it develops.