Four shootings over four days: what to know about recent Lee County violence
A series of unrelated shootings took place in Lee County over four days in the past week, causing the deaths of four people and injuring at least three others. Here's what we know so far:
Seniors shot at Lehigh Acres street race
Two senior citizens were shot early Sunday and sustained critical injuries during an altercation with a car club that had blocked a Lehigh Acres intersection and gathered for a street race, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said.
The victims were beginning a trip to Key West when they were blocked by street racers at Milwaukee Boulevard and Homestead Road about 4 a.m. According to Marceno, a mob then surrounded and began striking the victims' truck before 17-year-old Cape Coral resident Armando Cruz allegedly fired a pistol into the cabin.
The victims survived and drove away to seek medical care.
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Cruz was arrested Monday and faces 11 charges including attempted murder, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced during a Tuesday press conference. Deputies also arrested two others for their alleged role in the incident: Robert Moya, 19, of North Fort Myers, and Saviok Wood, 22, of Lehigh Acres, with more arrests expected.
Cruz is being held in juvenile detention and has a court hearing on April 10. Moya and Wood remain in Lee County Jail with no bond set Tuesday afternoon. They are next due in court on April 24.
On Wednesday, Marceno announced the implementation of a new pursuit policy in response to the shooting.
"For these people who think they want to come here and think they can cause havoc and take intersections over, it's not happening," Marceno said. "We immediately are using our helicopter, stop sticks, drones, barricades, all hands on deck, everything we have, to make certain that we win."
Restaurant Depot shooting death
About 10:50 a.m. Thursday, Lee County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting at the Restaurant Depot, 17751 South Tamiami Trail in south Fort Myers. Jancarlos Lizardi Rosado, a 22-year-old Port Charlotte man, was arrested at the scene.
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Video of the shooting, released Friday by the Sheriff's office, shows a man pushing a grocery cart full of purchases on a sidewalk toward his car. Rosado appears to shoot the man multiple times as he attempts to escape.
Witnesses told police they did not see any argument between Rosado and the victim before the shooting, according to a sheriff deputy's report. The Sheriff's Office is not releasing the victim's name, citing Marsy's Law.
Rosado is being held without bond on a count of second degree murder and is scheduled for arraignment on April 17.
Cape Coral murder-suicide
Two people are dead in Cape Coral following a murder-suicide at a home on the 300 block of 7th Street on Saturday night, according to Cape Coral police.
Three days after the discovery, police have not released much information.
A department spokesman said the killing was domestic violence-related.
Police are not releasing the incident report, the identities of the deceased or other details about the case, describing it as a "multifaceted" ongoing investigation.
Domestic violence homicide in Fort Myers
City police responded to the Portofino Cove apartment complex around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday for a report that a woman had been shot by her boyfriend.
Officers found a woman with a gunshot wound to her chest on a second story balcony and a man who had been shot multiple times and was bleeding severely. The man died at the scene and the woman was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital for treatment.
The report released by the police department was redacted to protect the privacy of the victims, so the exact circumstances of the shooting are unclear, but a second man was involved and left the scene before police arrived.
Breaking news reporter Tomas Rodriguez contributed to this story.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: What to know about Lee County murders, shootings in a week
