A man who fatally stabbed his wife was taken into custody after a SWAT standoff at a Pembroke Pines home Thursday morning, police said.
Officers and fire rescue crews responded to the home in the 1400 block of Lacosta Drive in the Grand Palms community just after 6 a.m. after receiving a call that the man had attacked his wife with a knife, Pembroke Pines Police officials said.
Footage from the scene showed a large police presence in the community and a SWAT truck parked outside the home.
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Police said after the stabbing the man locked himself in the home's garage.
Officers were able to get the wife and the couple's five children out of the home while the man remained barricaded inside the garage.
Multiple fire rescue trucks responded and the wife was seen being placed in the back of an ambulance. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died from her injuries.
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SWAT members were later able to enter the garage and take the husband into custody. He was also taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
“This is a very difficult situation for children to absorb; for that matter, anybody," Pembroke Pines Police Capt. Adam Feiner said. "Our police department and the men and women who work for our — 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.”
Peter Robinson is a longtime friend of the suspect and the godfather to one of the children.
"I just try to look back and see if there was something I missed," he said. "I can't think of anything. They were such a loving family. They are. I shouldn't say 'was.' I don't know. I can't point my finger at what could've sparked this."
Officials later added that the scene was secured, and there were no threats to the community.
Police haven't released the identities of anyone involved.
