Deputy shoots suspect during confrontation on interstate
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A southwest Florida sheriff's deputy shot a man during a confrontation on Interstate 75.
The News-Press reports (http://newspr.es/2pQo9hu ) that the shooting happened early Saturday. Lee County Undersheriff Carmine Marceno told reporters that the deputy had responded to a 911 call for service on the interstate when the suspect confronted her with a gun.
The deputy shot him. Marceno did not release the name of the deputy or the suspect.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The suspect was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries. The deputy was not hurt.
Interstate 75 southbound in Fort Myers for several hours after the shooting but has reopened.