VALRICO, Fla. (WFLA) — A 21-year-old man is facing felony charges after the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said he stabbed his girlfriend, then barricaded himself in the attic.
Police received a call early Saturday morning at around 2:30 a.m. from a neighbor who heard screaming outside a home on Cape Cod Circle.
Responding officers found the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds, and she was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. There was no additional information provided about the identity of the victim or her current condition.
The suspect, Stanley France, stabbed his girlfriend during an argument before arming himself with a gun and threatening five other people who were in the home, HCSO said. As France barricaded himself in the attic, the five people fled the residence.
There was a large law enforcement presence at the scene, with Hillsborough County’s SWAT, bomb unit and crisis negotiation teams responding to the home…