FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A Fort Myers man was arrested Friday after deputies mentioned he threatened to shoot someone inside the house and barricaded himself in a bed room.
Simply after 9 p.m., the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to a home disturbance at a house within the 2000 block of Gorthan Avenue in Fort Myers.
Investigators revealed Weston Allen Gardner, 39, had gotten into an argument with someone inside the house and pointed a gun at them, threatening to shoot the sufferer and himself.
When deputies arrived, they evacuated the remaining residents within the residence, as Gardner barricaded himself in a bed room.
Regardless of a number of instructions and makes an attempt to get Gardner out of the house, the suspect ignored authorities, till the Particular Operations Unit and Disaster Negotiation Groups responded.
The video reveals the second Gardner exited the house, was ordered to the bottom and positioned below arrest.
“I’m grateful for the teamwork utilized by all, to incorporate response from Patrol, our Particular Operations Unit, Disaster Negotiations Staff, and Digital Surveillance Unit in safely eradicating the suspect from inside the house earlier than he was capable of damage himself or others,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned.
Inside the house, officers seized a Glock 19 handgun, a number of rounds of ammunition and a holster.
Gardner was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and obstruction with out violence.
In line with court docket data, Gardner has a decades-long historical past of run-ins with the regulation together with legal site visitors expenses, breach of peace, and battery (home violence).
