FORT MYERS, Fla. —
Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a welfare check escalated to a deputy firing a shot after encountering an armed person at the Forest Country Club in Fort Myers, Friday night.
Deputies responded to a home off Bobcat Drive at 1 a.m., and they say they encountered a verbally aggressive man armed with a gun.
The sheriff’s office says the man pointed a gun at deputies, and one round was shot by a deputy.
No one was injured.
Deputies say they were able to subdue the man using a less-than-lethal round before taking him into custody.
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