{"id":57576,"date":"2023-03-19T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T20:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=57576"},"modified":"2023-03-19T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T20:51:49","slug":"two-elderly-victims-shot-in-lehigh-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/03\/two-elderly-victims-shot-in-lehigh-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Two elderly victims shot in Lehigh Acres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two elderly victims were shot in Lehigh Acres Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shootingcrimes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shootingcrimes.png 810w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shootingcrimes-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shootingcrimes-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SWFL Crime Stoppers reports at approximately 4:00 a.m., the victims were trailering a boat with a truck when they were stopped at the intersection of Milwaukee Boulevard and Homestead Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large group of people surrounded the victims and did not allow them to cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without provocation, an unknown person shot once through the driver\u2019s side window, shooting both victims, according to SWFL Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both victims were taken to Gulf Coast Hospital and suffered critical injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office is working with SWFL Crime Stoppers. Anyone who has information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000. Tips may also be made online&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com\/sitemenu.aspx?ID=104&amp;fbclid=IwAR02RQRN9i9Z3Y9bOMmDOLvrOMc6fsGflGO00U9NZB_KAwS9r8ZlQxSlHSE\">here<\/a>&nbsp;or on the P3 Tips app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two elderly victims were shot in Lehigh Acres Sunday morning. SWFL Crime Stoppers reports at approximately 4:00 a.m., the victims were trailering a boat with a truck when they were&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[2235],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57577,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57576\/revisions\/57577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}