Update August 26th, 2024
We're learning more about the incident leading up to the arrest of suspect in this case, Hilberto Callejas.
According to a report from the Collier County Sheriff's Office, the suspect left the victim after years of living together as a family and sharing two children.
The sheriff's office says Callejas followed the victim to her mother's house and into a substation.
The suspect is accused of confronting the woman - yelling that he wanted to see his children.
Callejas is accused of continuing to follow her as she cut through Ave Maria.
That's when the report says he rammed his car into hers, got out of his car, and tried to break the driver's side window - eventually shooting into the passenger's side leaving occupants inside injured by shattered glass.
Someone nearby heard the disturbance and shot the suspect.
The suspect shot back, hitting the victim in the upper chest then fled the scene in his car.
Following a pursuit, deputies say Callejas suddenly got out of his car at 60th Ave NE and Everglades - fleeing into a wooded area where he was later found.
The suspect was charged with the following:
Aggravated Battery with a deadly weapon x1(shooting of victim M.M.P.).
Aggravated Battery with a deadly weapon 5(ramming occupied vehicle with female adult and four children inside). Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon x5(shooting into occupied vehicle and waving the handgun while female adult and children inside).
Shoot missile into occupied vehicle (firing handgun into vehicle).
UPDATE 4:11 PM
The Collier County Sheriff's Office has released more information about the shooting in Ave Maria.
Deputies say around 9 a.m. they were called to an Ave Maria home for a domestic violence incident.
26-year-old Hilberto Callejas rammed into the victim's car, investigators say.
Watch the exclusive video of the suspect running from deputies:
Sheriff Kevin Rambosk says that's when Callejas got out of his car and shot the victim's window, breaking the glass. Inside was a child.
Deputies say a witness confronted Callejas before turning the gun on him, shooting the witness in the shoulder.
Callejas took off and deputies started to chase him. The sheriff's office says he bailed out of his car and ran into the woods at 60th Avenue NE and Everglades Boulevard.
Deputies set up a perimeter as they searched for the suspect.
Using the sheriff's office helicopter, they spotted wet footprints in a driveway shortly before finding Callejas in the water nearby.
As for the child, Rambosk says they were hit with glass and received treatment at the scene.
The witness was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.
Callejas, from Hendry County, is facing numerous charges including aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated assault, shooting into an occupied vehicle, child abuse and more.
UPDATE 12:11 PM
The precautionary lockdown has been lifted for Estates Elementary School.
UPDATE
The Collier County Sheriff's Office tells FOX 4 a suspect is in custody.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
The Collier County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in Ave Maria that happened before 9 a.m on Thursday.
Deputies have confirmed one person is injured.
The sheriff's office says the suspect did lead police on a vehicle chase.
The driver fled on foot in the area of 60th Avenue Northeast and Everglades Boulevard.
Deputies say the shooting does not involve Estates Elementary School - clarifying that the suspect was never on the school campus.
However, Collier County Public Schools has placed the school on a precautionary lockdown due to police activity in the area.
This is a developing story.
