A 31-year-old says an armed man tried to rob him outside an Antioch strip mall at 5 a.m. He fired, then drove off. Police are investigating. Read the original story: He Says He Turned Down a Cocaine Request Inside a Hookah Lounge. Later, the Same Man Tried to Rob Him at Gunpoint in the Parking Lot.
A Lehigh Acres man knocked down by a pickaxe blow shot the attacker standing over him. Days later, the attacker was the one arrested. Read the original story: Florida Man Knocked Down by Pickaxe Blow to the Back Shoots Attacker Standing Over Him, Sheriff Says It Was Self-Defense
A violent altercation on Lake Avenue in Lehigh Acres, Florida, escalated into an armed encounter after a suspect shoved a pickaxe into a resident’s back and threatened to strike him. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno confirmed that the resident fired a defensive shot from the ground, striking ...