{"id":405863,"date":"2026-09-21T02:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405863\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T02:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:56:09","slug":"mcso-palm-city-man-fired-gun-while-under-the-influence-of-alcohol-before-swat-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405863\/","title":{"rendered":"MCSO: Palm City man fired gun while under the influence of alcohol before SWAT standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 38-year-old Darrel Abbey is facing multiple charges after Martin County deputies say he barricaded himself inside a Palm City guest house during an hours-long standoff with law enforcement Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Abbey was taken into custody after SWAT officers and hostage negotiators spent hours trying to convince him to surrender.<\/p>\n

Deputies said they were initially called to a home along SW Bessey Creek Trail near Murphy Road for a domestic-related incident. Investigators say the situation escalated when Abbey, who deputies say was armed and dangerous and under the influence of alcohol, barricaded himself inside a guest house on the property.<\/p>\n

“I was pretty scared because it doesn’t usually happen in our neighborhood,” said 11-year-old Gavin Ryan, who lives next door.<\/p>\n

See also: Routine warrant leads to shocking major animal cruelty bust in Lake Worth<\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan’s mother said deputies asked her to evacuate after she heard several gunshots coming from her neighbor’s yard. SWAT officers later positioned themselves near her home as the standoff unfolded.<\/p>\n

Deputies said hostage negotiators worked throughout the afternoon to get Abbey to come out peacefully. He eventually surrendered without incident and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Another neighbor, Julian Tracy, said he was shocked to learn what was happening.<\/p>\n

“[Gavin’s] mom told me about it, and I was like, ‘Whoa,’ Tracy said. “I’ve never heard about a shooting in someone’s neighborhood.”<\/p>\n

Abbey was booked into the Martin County Jail and is facing three charges, including felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Jail records show he is being held on a $12,500 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 38-year-old Darrel Abbey is facing multiple charges after Martin County deputies say he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-405863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405863","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=405863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}