{"id":353982,"date":"2026-07-27T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353982\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:56:08","slug":"fort-myers-man-accused-of-shooting-woman-setting-home-on-fire-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353982\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers man accused of shooting woman, setting home on fire | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 The Lee County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> has charged a 23-year-old man accused of homicide and residential fire at a home on Ranchette Road.<\/p>\n

George Beemer was arrested on July 25, 2026, and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree arson, and abuse of a dead human body.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a press release, Lee County EMS responded to 11417 Ranchette Road earlier that morning after Beemer reported experiencing chest pain.<\/p>\n

He was transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation. Shortly after EMS departed, a second 911 call reported a fire at the same residence.<\/p>\n

South Trail Fire entered the home to extinguish the blaze and located the body of a severely burned, deceased female inside. The Major Crimes Unit responded and assumed the investigation.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Fire, Arson, and Explosives Investigations initiated a parallel investigation to determine the cause and origin of the fire. Detectives developed probable cause that Beemer shot the victim before intentionally setting the residence on fire.<\/p>\n

“Major Crimes detectives, Crime Scene investigators, and our partners with the fire service immediately recognized that something wasn’t right. Their professionalism, attention to detail, and relentless investigative work ensured a swift arrest was made,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

“My prayers remain with the victim and loved ones as they begin to process this unimaginable tragedy. They deserve answers, and we will continue working tirelessly to provide them,” Marceno said.<\/p>\n

Beemer was transported to the Lee County Jail, where he remains in custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The investigation will remain active while the sheriff’s office works with the District 21 Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office shared body camera footage of the arrest. Click here for more.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a 23-year-old man accused of homicide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325,115],"class_list":["post-353982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-lee","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}