ALVA, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) has arrested 32-year-old Caleb Hamilton for allegedly shooting at his neighbors, which led to a five-hour standoff in Alva.
A police report says a neighbor claimed Hamilton's children were riding side-by-side through their yard on purpose near Seminole Harbor Drive and Palm Beach Boulevard.
Since then, they say Hamilton has started fights with them.
Around 8 p.m. Saturday deputies say a neighbor went to Hamilton's house to talk to him because he "felt bad about getting on to this children," the report said.
The neighbor told deputies that's when Hamilton came out of his house and shot at three people with a rifle.
The neighbor says Hamilton went back inside, then came back out and started a fight with them.
After the fight, the report says everyone left.
Witnesses and family members told deputies Hamilton went inside his house before law enforcement got there.
LCSO says they surrounded the home with SWAT trucks and deputies, asking for Hamilton to come out over the course of five hours.
During the investigation, they found out Hamilton was not inside the home.
Deputies determined he took off shortly before LCSO got to the area. Hamilton ended up turning himself in around 1 a.m. with his lawyer.
LCSO says no one was inside the house and there were no hostages.
Hamilton is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
