A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who was stabbing a woman with a knife in Jupiter early Tuesday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies were dispatched around 1:39 a.m. to a report of an “armed domestic disturbance” near 6500 Jupiter Gardens Boulevard. When they arrived, officials said they found the suspect violently attacking the woman with a knife. A deputy fired at the suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries. The sheriff’s office did not release her condition in the report.
PBSO’s Crime Scene Investigators and Violent Crimes Division are investigating the shooting. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney’s Office are also reviewing the case, as is standard in police shootings.
The incident happened in a residential area of Jupiter, and the sheriff’s office has not said whether the suspect and the woman knew each other beyond the domestic call. Officials have not released the names of those involved.
