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Hit-And-Run Crash Ends With Shots Fired in Oakland Park

It started as a hit and run in Oakland Park, and now police are searching for the suspects who opened fire on a South Florida driver.

The incident happened early Sunday morning at the Extended Stay America on North Andrews Ave.

“I got up at 6:30 this morning and was told by the Broward Sheriff’s Deputy to go back in my room and stay inside,” said Barry Ware, a hotel guest.

According to the Broward Sheriff’sat Office, what started as a hit and run on Andrews Ave. and Northeast 57th Street ended with gunfire around 4 a.m. The victims followed the suspect’s car into the hotel parking lot. The suspects then fired back. The shots fired stirred up confusion for some hotel guests who woke up to bullet casings next to their vehicles.

“I was going to my car actually where the shooting at had happened and there were police hiding in the bushes, not sure if they were looking for someone,” said Chelsea Taylor, a hotel guest.

BSO said no one inside the car was shot. Crime scene detectives took pictures of evidence, including a firearm that was pulled out of a garbage can.

“There were deputies outside here and up and down the stairs with these big shotguns,” said Ware.

On Sunday evening, the hotel parking lot is clear and operations are back to normal after a chaotic morning with more questions than answers, says Taylor.

“It’s pretty insane. You don’t wake up on a Sunday morning and expect to see something like that.”

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