Fort Myers police lifted the Cleveland Avenue roadblocks at 11:13 a.m. on Wednesday, after a morning scene the department described as a barricaded subject with shots fired
The Fort Myers Police Department reopened Cleveland Avenue at 11:13 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, ending a closure that had been in place through the morning while officers worked a scene on Maravilla Avenue.
The department posted three times about the incident. Its first post said officers were on scene of an active incident on Maravilla Avenue and that a southbound roadblock was in place on Cleveland Avenue from Maravilla Avenue to Halgrim Avenue, with motorists urged to seek alternate routes.
In an update the department marked 9:43 a.m., it said it was actively working a scene involving a barricaded subject with shots fired on Maravilla Avenue. The same update said the incident was isolated and there was no threat to the public, and that roadblocks would remain in place for an undetermined amount of time.
In a second update, marked 11:13 a.m., the department said the roadblocks in the area had been lifted, and that it continues to investigate the incident.
The WINK News Digital Team reported the closure on Wednesday morning while it was still in place.
That is the extent of what the department has released. Nobody has been named. No arrest and no detention has been announced. The department has not said whether anyone was injured, how many people were involved, or what prompted the original call.
Because the roadblocks have come down and no instruction is outstanding for residents or drivers, this item carries no breaking flag.
The department asks anyone with information related to the incident to contact it at 239-321-7700, and says further verified information will be released on its Facebook page and on X as it becomes available.
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