The southbound lanes of I-75 are currently shutdown until further notice as the Florida Highway Patrol and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office respond to an incident involving a shooting and a crash on the freeway at Alico Road exit 128.
Northbound lanes on i75 are now open.
Emergency crews are on the scene, and traffic is being diverted off the interstate. Southbound Daniels Parkway and the airport-area Terminal Access is also shutdown for an extended period of time.
To plan an alternate route and receive the latest updates on road closures, motorists should connect with Florida 511 online at FL511.com before traveling.
Police are asking people to avoid this area.
The incident is reportedly related to the fatal shooting of a woman earlier in St. Petersburg.
Police there report that a St. Petersburg city sanitation worker and 47-year-old mother of four was fatally shot around 12:30 p.m. in what they believe was a domestic-related incident.
News reports said that the suspect was involved in the crash and shooting in Lee County and was barricaded in his vehicle off the southbound lanes of I-75.
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