2 Domestic-Related Shootings Investigated In Winter Haven Over Weekend

WINTER HAVEN, FL — Winter Haven police are investigating two separate domestic-related shootings over the weekend.

On Saturday around 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Abbey Lane Apartments, 100 Evergreen Place SW, Winter Haven in which the shooting victim had been transported to Winter Haven Health with two gunshot wounds.

According to Winter Haven police, an argument occurred between Olivia Marie Dorleans and the victim. Police said Olivia Marie Dorleans' brother, Ouslo Dorleans, 29, began arguing with the victim as well. The fight escalated and Dorleans shot the victim twice.

Ouslo Dorleans was charged with second-degree felony aggravated battery and 31-year-old Olivia Marie Dorleans was charged with battery.

The shooting victim remains in the hospital. His condition is unknown.

Then, on Sunday at 9:09 p.m., Polk County sheriff's deputies responded to a call of suspicious activity at a home in unincorporated Polk County.

The caller indicated that someone had contacted a church pastor who had a small child brought to his home. Deputies learned that the child's father had shot his wife at their home on Sophia Drive within the city limits of Winter Haven.

Winter Haven police and Polk County sheriff's deputies responded to the home and found the wife who'd been shot. She was transported to Lakeland Regional Health in critical condition.

Tracing his cell phone, authorities located the husband driving in the area of State Road 640 near Mulberry. Deputies stopped his vehicle and ordered the man out of the vehicle but he did not move. When deputies approached the vehicle, they found the man inside dead of an apparent self-inflicts gunshot wound.