Overview
- A roughly 70‑year‑old woman walked into the Port Orange Police Department lobby and fired one round toward civilian staff before leaving into the station parking lot on Thursday, Sept. 3.
- Three responding officers confronted the woman outside the station and an officer‑involved shooting followed; video released by the department shows officers firing more than a dozen times.
- Port Orange officials say no officers or civilian staff were physically injured and the woman, identified by police as Linda Jean Croteau, was taken to a regional hospital and, according to her family, has since died.
- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has taken over the independent investigation and is reviewing station surveillance, audio, body‑worn camera footage, lobby forensics and witness statements.
- The station lobby remains closed for forensic work, the department has offered support to shaken employees, and the case is likely to draw public and legal scrutiny as investigators piece together timing and officer actions.