HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A Valrico man is facing several charges after stabbing his girlfriend and barricading himself inside his home with a gun.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call from a neighbor who heard screaming outside a home on the 800 block of Cape Cod Circle in Valrico.

Deputies said when they got on scene, they found a woman with stab wounds, who was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Stanley France, 21, barricaded himself inside his house after threatening five other people inside the house, who were able to escape.

HCSO’s SWAT, Bomb, and Crisis Negotiation Teams were on scene, and after thorough negotiations, deputies safely took France into custody without further issue.

“The suspect showed no regard for the li

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