70-Year-Old Woman Fires Handgun in Port Orange Police Lobby, Triggering 3-Officer Shooting
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
70-Year-Old Woman Fires Handgun in Port Orange Police Lobby, Triggering 3-Officer Shooting
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Summary
Around 8:30 a.m., a roughly 70-year-old woman opened fire inside the Port Orange Police Department lobby and was later shot by responding officers.
Police Chief Manuel Marino said she entered the lobby with a handgun, brandished it at civilian records staff and fired toward their work area before leaving the lobby still armed.
Three officers confronted her outside, no officers or civilian employees were injured, and the woman was taken to a hospital with her condition not immediately clear.
The department said there is no ongoing threat to the community, while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the officer-involved shooting.