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Man arrested for Lehigh double shooting

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UPDATE -- The Lee County Sheriff's Office says a domestic dispute led to a double homicide late Saturday night in Lehigh Acres.
It happened just before 10 p.m. at a home located at 3511 9th St. West in Lehigh Acres.  Deputies responded to a shots fired call and found Amparo Moreno-Torres and Ricardo Vaca dead outside the home.
Investigators believe Moreno-Torres and Vaca were shot by Moreno-Torres's husband Placido after a domestic dispute.  They say Vaca heard the two arguing then went outside to intervene when he and Amparo were shot and killed.
Placido Moreno-Torres fled the scene, but was identified by witnesses as the shooter and a search let to his arrest a short time later.  He is facing two counts of homicide and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.