{"id":373005,"date":"2026-08-16T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:40:16","slug":"two-lee-county-men-arrested-in-connection-to-july-house-party-shooting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373005\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Lee County men arrested in connection to July house party shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men have been arrested in connection with a house party shooting in Lehigh Acres, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheriffleefl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LCSO says that on July 10, deputies responded to a shooting on Willard Avenue in Lehigh Acres where multiple injuries occurred, and multiple juveniles fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Four victims were treated for gunshot wounds, LCSO says. Witnesses told deputies that they saw an altercation taking place on Willard Avenue that quickly escalated into shots being fired into a crowd of people by one shooter, who ran to a white Toyota where another man was firing from inside the vehicle. Video from LCSO shows the event taking place.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/crime\/lake-worth-man-allegedly-steals-golf-cart-assaults-maintenance-supervisor-upon-his-return-lake-worth-florida-mago-road-drunk-pbso-palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office-florida-news-florida-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Lake Worth man allegedly steals golf cart, assaults maintenance supervisor upon his return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities used license plate readers and Crime Stoppers tips to identify Jared Williams, 19, and Desmond Garlin, 18, as the shooters, according to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Wednesday, the two were arrested following a search warrant. The young men \u2014 who each have lengthy criminal histories \u2014 were charged with attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a Florida juvenile delinquent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two men have been arrested in connection with a house party shooting in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-373005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373005","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=373005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}