When Casselberry police arrived at the Shoot Straight Gun Range on South U.S. Highway 17-92 (see map) just after 4:00pm, they found two people had been shot in an apparent murder-suicide.

Police identified the man as 20-year-old Mitchel Moore. The shooter, his mother, was identified as 44-year-old Marie Moore.

Eyewitnesses said the pair was acting strangely and then the woman ran out of the room to get more ammunition. When she returned, eyewitnesses said, she shot her son and then turned the gun on herself.

Eyewitness Jim Copertino was in shooting target practice next to the pair and said the mother and son appeared hyper and jittery, as if they were on drugs.

"I noticed both of them were very anxious with each other. She kept getting very close to him and he was firing. She was almost over his shoulder," Copertino recalled. "She ran out to get more ammo, ran back in and then both were down."

On his MySpace page, Mitchel Moore looks happy holding his small dog. Some of Moore's friends have already written condolences on his message board.

Eyewitnesses told investigators they never saw the mother arguing with her son.

Police are trying to figure out what prompted Marie Moore to suddenly shoot her son in the head and then herself. They do not know the motive for the shooting, but said Marie Moore has a history of mental illness.

Source: wftv.com