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18-year-old found dead in mobile home; homicide investigation underway

Deputies say Nicholas Dickinson was killed in an apparent shootout.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — An 18-year-old was found dead Sunday morning at a mobile home in Bradenton, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies said at around 9:30 a.m., a resident who lived in the Pic Town Mobile Home Park on 50th Avenue Plaza West found Nicholas Dickinson dead inside his home.

In an update on Monday morning, the sheriff's office said Dickinson was shot once in the side of the chest in an apparent shootout with a person or people he knew.

No suspects have been named, but detectives said they are following a variety of leads.

According to the sheriff's office, this was not a random shooting, and Dickinson may have been expecting the people involved.

The motive is still unknown, and the investigation is ongoing. 

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