פוליטיקה · Port Orange police standoff71-Year-Old Woman Opens Fire in Police Lobby, Dies After Officers Shoot Backנכתב 6 בספטמבר 2026 בשעה 19:09 UTCצפייהתמליל0:00A 71-year-old woman opened fire inside a police station and died a day after0:04officers shot her.0:06The attack struck a public-facing records office where staff are unarmed, and it0:09ended with three officers firing in a parking lot.0:12The mystery is what drove her to walk in armed, and whether the officers' response0:15matched the threat.0:16The attack came on Thursday morning, September 3rd, at the Port Orange Police0:20Department headquarters on South Clyde Morris Boulevard.0:23Surveillance video shows her entering the public records section at 8.35 a.m.0:27with a handgun in her right hand.0:29She engaged civilian staff, brandished the weapon, pointed it toward a door-marked0:33evidence, and at 8.38 fired a single round toward employees in the property and0:38evidence area.0:39Staff took cover, and one civilian yelled at her to drop the gun.0:43She then walked out still armed.0:44The station's own cameras recorded the entire episode from her entry to the single0:49shot, then her walk out still armed.0:51In the parking lot, about six officers surrounded her, and three fired after she0:55ignored commands to drop the weapon.0:57She fell, but reached for the gun again.0:59Drawing a second volley, officers then moved in with a shield to provide aid.1:03She was taken to the hospital, where she died the next day.1:05The entire episode from entry to the outside confrontation lasted about five1:09minutes.1:10No officers, employees, or civilians were hit.1:12Despite an armed attack inside a public building, no one else was hurt.1:18Some reporting placed more than a dozen rounds in the outside exchange, though the1:22exact count is not yet confirmed.1:25The first reports used a rough age and two different spellings of her name.1:29The department later confirmed she was 71 and her name is Linda Jean Croteau.1:34What remains unresolved is motive and any prior contact, and there is a dispute over1:38whether she had already dropped her gun when the first shots were fired.1:42The dispute over the final seconds is now central.1:44Construction workers across the street described something different from the video.1:48Construction workers across the street said she had already dropped the gun and sat1:52down before any shots.1:53The released video and the chief's account say she was still holding it when first1:57confronted and later reached toward it on the ground.1:59That discrepancy is now central to the review.2:02The officer's own account is detailed in a clear use of force sequence.2:05The officer's account flows through clear steps, repeated commands, the first volley2:10when she keeps coming, the fall and drop, then a reach for the gun that draws a2:14second volley, and finally a shield used to provide medical aid.2:23The department released the surveillance and body camera footage on September 4th,2:27which is what allowed the gap between witness accounts and the official version to2:30be examined directly.2:32Family and acquaintances described recent personal distress, including the recent2:36loss of her husband, which caused emotional turmoil.2:38A stepson said she had been struggling since the loss, but no documented mental2:43health diagnosis or specific grievance against the station has been confirmed.2:47She lived at a Port Orange apartment complex about seven minutes' drive from the2:50station.2:51An early report described her condition as stable, but she was in critical condition2:55when taken to the hospital and died.2:57The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is leading the officer-involved shooting3:01investigation because she died before any case reached court.3:04No criminal charges were filed, and the three officers who fired have not been3:08publicly named.3:09The records section remains closed until at least Tuesday, September 8th, and the3:13chief has raised concern that its civilian staff are not armed or trained like sworn3:17officers.3:18As of today, no motive has been established, and the full FDLE review remains the3:22official process.3:24The question of why she walked into that station armed and whether the officer's3:27response was justified are still open.קריאת הכתבהציר הזמן של הסיפורHeyDexהסרטון הקצר ↗
