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Man arrested after road-rage shooting left a driver shot in the chin — Cape Coral, Florida — October 22
On October 22, 2026, at about 5:59 p.m., Cape Coral police responded to the 1000 block of Santa Barbara Boulevard South, where a driver had been shot in the chin and his passenger injured by broken glass. Detectives say the shooting grew out of a road-rage dispute that began on Hancock Bridge Parkway, where items were thrown between two vehicles before the suspect driver produced a handgun and fired multiple rounds into the victims' car and fled. A search warrant on October 23 led detectives to identify Dominic Octavious Cichini, 23, as the suspect. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force (Fort Myers Office) and Cape Coral police arrested Cichini during a traffic stop in Lehigh Acres, ending the manhunt. He was booked into Lee County Jail on three counts of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.
- Date
- October 22, 2026
- Location
- 1000 block of Santa Barbara Blvd S, Cape Coral, FL (arrest: Lehigh Acres, FL)
- Victims
- Driver shot in the chin; passenger injured by broken glass
- Suspect
- Dominic Octavious Cichini, 23
- Stage
- SUSPECT ARRESTED
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On October 22, 2026, at about 5:59 p.m., Cape Coral police responded to the 1000 block of Santa Barbara Boulevard South, where a driver had been shot in the chin and his passenger injured by broken glass. Detectives say the shooting grew out of a road-rage dispute that began on Hancock Bridge Parkway, where items were thrown between two vehicles before the suspect driver produced a handgun and fired multiple rounds into the victims' car and fled. A search warrant on October 23 led detectives to identify Dominic Octavious Cichini, 23, as the suspect. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force (Fort Myers Office) and Cape Coral police arrested Cichini during a traffic stop in Lehigh Acres, ending the manhunt. He was booked into Lee County Jail on three counts of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes. -
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