{"id":381087,"date":"2026-08-25T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381087\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:42:13","slug":"woman-shot-and-killed-during-crest-avenue-break-in-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381087\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman shot and killed during Crest Avenue break-in attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEESBURG, Fla. \u2014 A woman was shot and killed Tuesday morning after allegedly attempting to enter a home on Crest Avenue, police said.<\/p>\n

Officers responded to Crest Avenue around 4:43 a.m. The homeowner told investigators he warned the woman to leave and said he was armed.<\/p>\n

Police said the woman continued trying to get inside. The homeowner fired through the door, breaking a window. When the woman reached through the opening, he fired again, striking her. She was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

The Leesburg Police Department\u2019s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating with the State Attorney\u2019s Office, which will determine whether charges are appropriate.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information should call police at 352-787-2121 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477. Anonymous callers may be eligible for a cash reward.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n

\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEESBURG, Fla. \u2014 A woman was shot and killed Tuesday morning after allegedly attempting to enter a home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[692,265,12923,282,667,715,139,141,140,132],"class_list":["post-381087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-arrest","tag-crime","tag-crime-scene","tag-generic","tag-investigation","tag-lights","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381087","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=381087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}