Multiple Shooting Deaths Reported in North Fla.

BELL, Fla. (AP) – Media outlets are reporting that a shooting in north Florida could involve multiple fatalities.

The Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed to The Associated Press that it is investigating a shooting in the town of Bell Thursday and that a news conference has been scheduled for 8 p.m. WCJB-TV says police are classifying it as a major shooting.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were shot or their ages and genders.

A photo on the Gainesville Sun’s website shows several police vehicles on a rural road. A sheriff’s deputy was keeping people away behind police tape.

Bell is small town of just 350 people about 30 miles west of Gainesville.