Woman accused of stabbing man in Cape Coral shot by police

The Cape Coral Police Department is investigating a shooting near the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Cape Coral Parkway. WINK News later learned that the shooting was preceded by a stabbing.

The shooting happened in the 800 block of SW 47th Terrace, which is right behind a 7-Eleven, police said. K9 officers were also at the scene.

There is a large police presence and yellow tape surrounding the area near the Malabar complex. They say a 45-year-old woman stabbed a man near that address.

The woman then ran back into her apartment and hid. Officers went to the apartment and attempted to make contact with the suspect. Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore said during a press conference, “In contrary of the demands to put down the gun, she raised a gun and took an aggressive stance with the firearm towards our officers.”

According to police, she had a gun and pointed it at them. After multiple calls to drop her weapon, police ended up firing at the suspect.

“Officers gave verbal instructions to put down the gun multiple times and the suspect raised a gun and a threatening manner and which resulted in our officers shooting the suspect to stop the threat,” Chief Sizemore said.

The 47-year-old male victim that was stabbed has since been transported to Gulf Coast Medical center in south Fort Myers. The suspect was also transported to the Gulf Coast. Both are undergoing surgery.

No officers sustained injuries during the shooting. And, the officers involved in the incident are now on administrative leave, per policy. Also, Cape Coral police told us they are working with the state attorney’s office. “We’re working with the state attorney’s office, which is also standard protocol, with the State Attorney Amira Fox and her team, are investigating the legalities of the force, that it was applied by our officers,” Chief Sizemore said.

The body camera footage from the shooting has been reviewed by Chief Sizemore himself and it was determined that officers followed their training. He is thankful that his officer walked away safe and unharmed. “I’m very proud of what they’ve done and representing themselves and let’s not forget police work is a really dangerous profession, Cape Coral is not immune as evidence today,” said Sizemore.

Cape Coral police say they will continue to process the scene and will stay at the address for now.

Officers did not say what led up to the stabbing or how many shots were fired at the suspect.