Man shoots woman, cops shoot man, two dead at Intracoastal Waterway apartments
UPDATE: The gunman shot by police has been identified as Jeffrey Garner, 55. A check of Palm Beach and Broward county records turns up no previous criminal convictions or domestic violence cases there. One online source says Garner was convicted of domestic assault in Sikeston, Missouri in 2007.
A domestic violence fatal shooting led to a police-involved fatal shooting Wednesday morning, Boynton Beach police said.
According to Boynton Beach police public information officer Stephanie Slater, when officers responded to a 7 a.m. call from the Manatee Bay Apartments, 1632 N. Federal Hwy., a man was firing at a woman who was trying to get away from him. The man was identified Thursday as Jeffrey Garner.
Garner’s shots killed the woman as cops fired fatal shots at him. The woman’s name was withheld under Marsy’s Law.
All officers involved will go on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated, which is standard procedure.
The first shooting will be investigated by Boynton Beach police. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the second.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more is learned.
This story was originally published April 3, 2019 at 9:46 AM.
