Hobe Sound - Friday June 21, 2024: Martin County Sheriff Office (MCSO) Deputies took a woman into custody Friday morning following a tense standoff after she allegedly shot her boyfriend and then barricaded herself inside a Hobe Sound home, refusing to come out.
The man she is accused of shooting was rushed to the hospital with what the Sheriff said were non-life-threatening injuries.
The standoff began around 8:30 AM Friday morning when the MCSO got a call about shots fired at a home in the 9100 block of Southeast Parkway Drive in Hobe Sound. The MCSO SWAT Team was called in, multiple law enforcement units set up along that street and outside the home. Sheriff negotiators tried to convince the woman to give up.
A robotic device appears to have been used to inject tear gas into the home and the woman eventually surrendered just before 10 AM Friday morning.
Authorities later identified the female suspect as 46-year-old Jessica Manchavez Sukmana of Palm City. The name of the man she is accused to have shot has not yet been released.