UPDATE 10AM:
The Lee County Sheriff's Office said it has arrested a woman after a suicide-related call for help out of Lehigh Acres.
Deputies said they were called to the 700 block of Almelia Street East, Monday evening. Deputies said they found the caller, along with two other adults suffering from injuries, there. Authorities said they immediately rendered medical attention to them.
Major Crimes Unit detectives said they learned the family had made a suicide pact. 59-year-old Barber Bates had cut two family members, waited 40 minutes, harmed herself, and then called 911, according to LCSO.
Bates and the two other victims were sent to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to LCSO.
Bates has been charged with two counts of attempted premeditated murder and one count of aggravated child abuse, according to the office.
ORIGINAL 5AM:
The Lee County Sheriff's Office confirmed three people were sent to a hospital after an incident, Monday evening.
They said they were called to Almelia Street around 4:30 p.m. However, no arrests have been made according to LCSO, as of 5 a.m.
An investigation will continue, this morning.
We are still working to learn exactly where this was, what type of call it was, and how serious the injuries are.
