A man was shot and killed by Palm Beach County deputies early Tuesday after he attacked a woman with a knife inside an apartment on Jupiter Gardens Boulevard, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies were sent to the complex after several 911 calls, some of them hang-ups and one in which someone was heard crying. Chief Deputy Bob Allen said deputies arrived at 1:27 a.m. and found the apartment quiet. They knocked, walked around the unit and heard nothing unusual.
Shortly afterward, the woman called 911 and said her boyfriend had a knife and that she was hiding in the bathroom. Allen said deputies returned, heard screaming and forced their way in. They found the suspect on top of the woman, trying to stab her.
Allen said deputies tried to restrain the man physically without success. They then fired their weapons, and the suspect died at the scene. The woman was taken to a hospital with stab wounds and a possible severe concussion. The sheriff’s office has not released the suspect’s name.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney’s Office are investigating. Both deputies involved are on administrative leave, which Allen described as standard procedure.
