A woman accused of stabbing a man is shot by police at least five times

Police shot a woman who they say had just stabbed a man, refused to cooperate with orders and pointed a gun at Cape Coral police officers.

This happened in Cape Coral along the 800 block of SW 47th Terrace, near the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Cape Coral Parkway. This is is right behind a 7-Eleven, police said.

According to a Cape Coral police report, the woman threw hot water over one of these fences, and it hit someone in the stomach. A witness then says he saw the woman charge at a man with a knife and stab him.

Police say they shot her after she pointed a gun at them. So far, the Cape Coral Police Department hasn’t said why she pointed a gun at them.

The suspect has since been identified at Sabrina O’Neill.

As this investigation continues, neighbors who live near the crime scene are getting more anxious to know what happened.

Kathy Moore lives nearby. “For about five hours, you know, all we knew is that there was something going on, and nothing was being said,” Moore said.

Evidence markers still line the sidewalk near the Malabar complex, and police cars are still in the street as detectives try to piece together what prompted a woman to stab a man.

Then, when police arrived, that woman refused to drop her weapon. So the police on scene felt threatened and shot the woman at least five times. Multiple officers fired at O’Neill, and she sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

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