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Man Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound After Shooting Boca Raton Woman and Boy
January 15, 2014
The Palm Beach Post is reporting that the Boca Raton man who shot and critically injured a woman and a boy at a suburban Boca Raton home on Friday night, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office believes the incident was domestic violence-related.
The shooting took place shortly after 7 p.m. in the Villa San Ramon neighborhood south of Clint Moore Road and west of Florida’s Turnpike. The 40-year-old woman was shot in the leg while the boy was reportedly shot in the abdomen. Both are expected to survive.
There was one other girl in the home, who was uninjured.
The women fled to a neighbor’s house screaming for help and a police helicopter as well as SWAT units were involved in securing the scene.
Commonly, there are mental health elements involved in domestic disputes, as appears to be the case in this event. The Boca Raton Domestic Violence Attorneys at Whittel & Melton are skilled at handling the many layers a domestic violence case may have, and handle these matters with delicacy and tact.
