Two Killed, 16 Wounded, in Shooting in Florida

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) —
A police vehicle blocks off the area near Club Blu after a fatal shooting in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Joshua Replogle)
A police vehicle blocks off the area near the site of a fatal shooting in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday. (AP Photo/Joshua Replogle)

A shooting in Florida early Monday morning killed two people and wounded over a dozen, police said.

Police detained three people and said the area around the shooting had been deemed safe, police Capt. Jim Mulligan said in a statement. Four people remained hospitalized with serious injuries, local station WINK-TV reported.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the violence, but Mulligan said the shooting was not an act of terror.

The two teens killed were 14-year-old Sean Archilles and 18-year-old Ste’Fan Strawder, police said.

Three people remained hospitalized Monday morning, said Cheryl Garn, a spokeswoman for Lee Memorial Health System. All others were treated and released.

Ages of the patients ranged from 12 to 27, Garn said.

The shooting came more than a month after a shooting in Florida’s Orlando that was the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. That shooting, on June 12, left 49 victims dead and 53 others wounded.

Fort Myers, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, is about 150 miles southwest of Orlando.

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