PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are investigating a stabbing in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood that, they said, left a woman dead and led her husband to barricade himself inside their Pembroke Pines home.
Pembroke Pines Police officers surrounded the residence, located along the the 1400 block of Lacosta Drive, Thursday morning.
SWAT teams also arrived at the scene at around 7:45 a.m. to aid in the situation.
A live shot of the area showed many police cruisers parked on the grass surrounding the property, as officers blocked off the community.
Hours later, when SWAT teams made entry into the garage, they found the man injured and transported him to the hospital.
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7News cameras captured first responders placing the husband into an ambulance. The woman was also transported to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.
According to investigators, the couples’ five children, whose ages range from 3 to 16, were also home at the time of the stabbing but were not physically injured.
“Our police department and the men and women who work for our agency are doing everything possible to offer resources and services for these children because of the situation that they are about to face,” said Pembroke Pines Police Capt. Adam Feiner.
Residents in the neighborhood were shocked when they heard what happened.
“I can’t believe it. I mean, it’s not something I could’ve seen happening. It’s still a shock for me,” said Peter Robinson, a family friend. “I can’t picture the reason for that. I can’t picture what would spark something like that, because they were such a loving family.”
Robinson, who is the godfather of one of the five children, said he’s known the family since the 1980s. He said he is the owner of the home that the family was living in.
“My wife already said, ‘If we, let’s say, for some reason, the parents can’t take care of them, and there is nobody else, we will take care of the kids,'” said Robinson.
The huge perimeter that was set up in the neighborhood was slowly disbanded.
Crime scene technicians were seen collecting evidence on the ground.
The husband has not been charged and remains at the hospital. His condition is unknown.
Police said no arrest has been made, and they are not looking for a suspect.
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