Cape Coral officials say recent violent crimes don't indicate an uptick

Cape Coral Police are calling a recent drive-by shooting in Cape Coral ‘random,' and say it doesn’t point to a bigger issue in the area.

TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN CONNECTIONWITH KEEN’S DEATH, BUT ONLYHERNANDEZ HAS BEEN CHARGED.A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING LAST NIGHTIS ADDING TO THE OUTBREAK OFVIOLENCE IN CAPE CORAL.LAST WEEK- A MOTHER WAS STABBEDMULTIPLE TIMES IN HER HOME INFRONT OF HER CHILDREN.AND BEFORE THAT- A WOMAN WASARRESTED FOR THE STABBING ANDMURDER OF HER OWN MOTHER.BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OURAREA?IS THERE AN UPTICK IN VIOLENTCRIME?FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ TOOK THATQUESTION TO THE CAPE CORALPOLICE DEPARTMENT AND BRINGS USTHE ANSWER.(:16 - :23)( :45 - :51)1:05 - 1:13IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 10WEDNESDAY NIGHT(Dave Witker, Owner, HurricaneGrill & Wings):"We’ve never had anything likethat.

We’re a familyrestaurant."CAPE CORAL P-D SAYS A SUSPECTDROVE BY HURRICANE GRILL OFF OFPINE ISLAND ROAD AND SHOT 4 TO 5TIMES TOWARDS THE RESTAURANTSTRIKING A CUSTOMER(Dave Witker, Owner, HurricaneGrill & Wings):"We have trivia and bingonights, we don’t considerourselves a rough place."FORTUNATELY -- WITKER SAYS THEBULLET ONLY GRAZED THE MAN’SLEG...(Dave Witker, Owner, HurricaneGrill & Wings):"This is unfortunate but we hopethe police will find out whathappened."THIS DRIVE-BY SHOOTING FOLLOWS ASTRING OF OTHER VIOLENT CRIMESREPORTED IN CAPE CORAL SO FARTHIS MONTHWHILE IT MAY SEEM VIOLENT CRIMESARE INCREASING━ CAPE CORAL P-DSAYS THAT IS NOT THE CASE(Patrick O’Grady, Master Sgt,Cape Coral Police Department):"It may look like that, but twoof the incidents that we’ve hadare domestic, and the other onesare random."O’GRADY SAYS THERE HAS BEENROUGHLY 100 MORE DOMESTICVIOLENCE CASES COMPARED TO LASTYEARPRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND RETIREDPOLICE CHIEF━ WALTER ZALISKO━SAYS THE COVID-19 CRISIS COULDBE TO BLAME49:11(Walter Zalisko, Retired PoliceChief):"People are staying cooped up intheir homes, with theirpartners, and things get out ofhand and they get aggravatedwith each other."ACCORDING TO ZALISKO━ VIOLENTCRIMES HAVE DECREASED IN CAPECORAL SINCE 2018BUT HE SAYS VIOLENT CRIMES CANHAPPEN ANYWHERE EVEN IN CAPECORAL, RANKED AMOUNG THE SAFESTCITIES IN FLORIDA...4:51:15(Walter Zalisko, Retired PoliceChief):"Cape Coral has over200-thousand people, that’s alarge city so you can expectsome sort of crime to occur."LL TAG:CAPE CORAL P