Deputies shoot, kill man attacking woman with knife in unincorporated Jupiter, PBSO says

By Jupiter Tide Staff

Update, Nov. 11: At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Bob Allen said two deputies fired their weapons, not one as the agency’s first written statement said. Both have been placed on administrative leave, which the agency described as standard while the shooting is reviewed.

Allen laid out a series of 911 calls that started more than an hour before deputies went in. Dispatchers got a hang-up call at 12:14 a.m. and a second call at 12:19 a.m. in which a man could be heard; when they called back, a man said the calls were accidental. After another call around 1:07 a.m. in which someone could be heard crying, deputies went to the apartment at about 1:27 a.m. for a welfare check, knocked and walked around, and didn’t see or hear anything unusual, Allen said.

At 1:39 a.m., a woman called 911 and whispered that her boyfriend was holding her at knifepoint, Allen said. She told the dispatcher she was hiding in the bathroom. About 10 minutes later, she said he was trying to get in. Deputies arrived around 1:51 a.m., heard screaming, forced their way in and found the man on top of her trying to stab her, Allen said. They tried to pull him off, couldn’t, and two deputies fired, killing him.

The woman was taken to a hospital with stab wounds, cuts and a possible severe concussion, Allen said. Her injuries were described as serious but not life-threatening. The man had not been identified as of Tuesday’s briefing. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney’s Office are reviewing the shooting.

JUPITER — Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect early Tuesday, Nov. 10, in an unincorporated part of Jupiter after deputies found the suspect attacking a woman with a knife, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were sent at about 1:39 a.m. to the 6500 block of Jupiter Gardens Boulevard after a report of an armed domestic disturbance, the Sheriff's Office said. The area is an unincorporated pocket near Central Boulevard, south of West Indiantown Road.

When deputies arrived, the agency said, they found the suspect “violently attacking” a woman with a knife, and deputies opened fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to a hospital to be treated for her injuries.

The Sheriff's Office has not released the names of the suspect, the woman or the deputy, and has not said how the two were related or how badly the woman was hurt.

The Sheriff's Office's Violent Crimes Division and crime scene investigators are investigating, along with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney's Office.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, the Florida Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-500-1119, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233.

Jupiter Tide will update this story if the Sheriff's Office releases more information.

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