OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – Authorities in Broward County are investigating a deadly domestic-related shooting.
It happened Sunday at approximately 10 a.m. near the 100 block of Northwest 52nd Court in Oakland Park.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies and fire rescue workers responded to the scene after receiving a call regarding a shooting.
After arriving, deputies found a woman who had been shot. She was rushed to a nearby hospital with injuries considered to be life-threatening.
A neighbor who wished to remain anonymous told Local 10 News she thought she was hearing fireworks.
“A neighbor of mine was running toward me saying, ‘He shot me, he shot me,’ and then I saw him and he was at the corner where his house is, and he had the gun in his hand and he shot again in our direction,” the neighbor said. “She was saying he was shooting at her kids and the kids were inside, and then I called 911 and rendered what aid I could.”
Deputies said the subject in the shooting, later identified as Richard Lee Hannan, 64, barricaded himself inside a home shared by the two and then shot himself.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said.
“All the neighbors around here know who they are because of the yelling,” one man who lives in the area said. “It was crazy -- SWAT Team came, they were all pointing their guns -- they stood there for a few minutes and then they started going in.”
Authorities on Monday confirmed that the victim was listed in critical, but stable condition.
“She’s a good person, but she just ended up with a very bad person,” one neighbor said.
“Me and my wife -- we always figured she was going to have enough and end up shooting him,” he later added. “We didn’t think he would actually end up shooting her.”
Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances that led up to the shooting.