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Video shows police shootout before woman’s death in Palm Bay home

Police yet to identify barricaded suspect

PALM BAY, Fla. – We have a new look at the gunfire that came from a house as police took cover in the middle of a deadly standoff.

Three hours later Monday, after officers returned fire, police said the barricaded woman inside the house alone was dead.

We still don’t know if police shot her or if she killed herself, but Tuesday was our first chance to show you the Serenade Street house up close.

There were bullet holes in the windows, and at the front door, there was even more damage following all those gunshots.

Your Palm Bay Community Correspondent, James Sparvero, asked neighbors how it made them feel that something like this could happen next-door.

[WATCH: Shootout erupts between barricaded woman, officers in Palm Bay neighborhood]

“I guess you really don’t know your neighbors very well these days,” Mikayla Calabrese answered.

Calabrese and Ivan Gonzalez captured the terrifying video of the shootout with their home surveillance cameras.

The couple told Sparvero they didn’t really know their neighbor, so they’re wondering more about how this all started too.

“I guess just to unfold what happened, unless it was like a mental illness,” Gonzalez said when asked what he would ask investigators. “That’s the only reason I can see that happening.”

“I guess I would wonder how it escalated to that point,” Calabrese said.

The police told Sparvero they’re meeting with the FDLE (the lead investigator on this case) to determine what else they want to tell us about what happened at this moment.

Sparvero asked if they’d at least tell us the name of the woman who died.

All we know right now is she was 54.

As soon as we learn any more about this investigation, we’ll update you again on News 6 and ClickOrlando.com.


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