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A domestic dispute turned deadly in Orange County after a man shot at his wife, then turned the gun on himself when deputies moved to arrest him.

On Wednesday around 7 a.m., deputies responded to a call about a woman who had been shot at by her husband while driving. The initial shooting occurred when the suspect spotted the victim in a vehicle near Chickasaw and E. Colonial Drive. The woman was not injured, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies met with the victim and obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect. Detectives later located the man, identified as Magdiel Junior Vega Ruiz, 47, of Orlando. When detectives approached Vega Ruiz to place him under arrest, he shot himself in the head. Vega Ruiz was on foot at the time — he had been traveling on a bicycle — near State Road 408, just west of Goldenrod Road near Cosmos Drive. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition and later died on Friday from his injuries.

The investigating is ongoing.

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