Watch Fort Myers Community Correspondent Miyoshi Price's report of the scene:
Update 3:23 pm
- Investigators say the barricade situation has ended.
- The Lee County Sheriff's Office says it went to the house earlier today because investigators were looking for a man wanted on homicide charges. They say he barricaded himself inside the home.
- When SWAT team members made their inside, they say they found the man dead. They say no one else was in the home and no deputy ever fired a weapon.
- At this time, investigators are not releasing any other information about the man.
Update 2:35 pm
New drone video from the scene gives you a different look at the barricade situation Lee County Sheriff's Deputies are working right now.
Click to watch the video:
Update 1:55 pm
New video shows a puff of white smoke coming from the Lehigh Acres house where investigators say a person is barricaded.
A short time later the sheriff's office told our crew on the scene they might want to move away from the house, because a gas was released.
Our crew reported feeling a mild reaction to the smell, but nothing serious.
Watch video of the smoke:
Update 12:46 pm
The Lee County Sheriff's Office says the investigation includes a person who has barricaded themselves in a home. Ella Rhoades reports that SWAT team members are now on the scene.
Update 12:16 pm
Ella Rhoades now reports there are about 30 LCSO vehicles on scene, including at least one K9 unit.
Here's a picture she took of a Lee County Emergency Medical Services vehicle that is also there.
A neighbor told Ella that they have seen what they believe was a bunch of undercover investigators on the street recently.
Original Story
Lee County Sheriff's Deputies were working an active investigation in Lehigh Acres just after noon on Tuesday.
Lehigh Acres Community Correspondent, Ella Rhoades, saw an investigator wearing a medic suit, and others in camouflage holding rifles.
It's happening on Ida Ave near 9th St SW.
At this point the Lee County Sheriff's Office has not released any other information.
This is a breaking news story, we will update it as soon as more information is available.
