ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies in Orange County shut down SR-408 in east Orange County on Wednesday after a shooting.
12:30 p.m. update:
Deputies said a man is in critical condition after shooting himself in the head Wednesday morning as detectives attempted to place him under arrest.
The shooting happened on eastbound SR-408 after an earlier incident in which the man shot at his wife while she was driving.
Deputies initially responded to the call at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday.
The woman, who was not injured when her vehicle was targeted, met with responding deputies, who then obtained an arrest warrant for her husband.
Detectives later located the husband. When officers approached him to place him under arrest, the man shot himself in the head.
He was subsequently transported to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
The law enforcement response prompted a temporary full closure of both directions of SR-408.
The westbound lanes of 408 have reopened, but the eastbound lanes remain closed.
Original report:
Police activity has all lanes of SR-408 shut down in east Orange County.
The incident happened on eastbound 408 near mile marker 15, in the Goldenrod area.
All eastbound and westbound lanes of SR-408 are shut down in the area.
Online records list the shutdown for “police activity.”
Channel 9 is working to gather more details and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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