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发帖数: 19713 | 1 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-florida-g
Florida gunman kills 6, then is shot dead by SWAT team
Associated Press
July 27, 2013, 5:53 a.m.
HIALEAH, Fla. — A gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment
complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team that
stormed the building early Saturday following an hours-long standoff, police
said.
Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez told The Associated Press that police got a call around
6:30 p.m. Friday that shots had been fired in a building with dozens of
apartments in Hialeah, just a few miles north of Miami.
Although a crisis team was able to briefly establish communication,
Rodriguez said talks eventually “just fell apart” with the gunman, who was
holding two hostages on the fifth floor. Both survived when officers
stormed the building, fatally shooting the gunman during an exchange of
gunfire.
“They made the decision to go in there and save and rescue the hostages,”
he said.
The dead bodies of three women and two men were found at two apartment units
inside the building, which Rodriguez said was in a “very quiet
neighborhood.” Another man who was walking his children into an apartment
across the street also was killed. Rodriguez said it wasn't immediately
clear whether the gunman took aim at him from an upper-level balcony or if
he was hit by a stray bullet.
“From up there, he was able to shoot at people across the street, catching
this one man who was just walking into his apartment,” Rodriguez said.
The entrance to the neighborhood, which is lined with apartment buildings,
remained blocked off early Saturday, including to those who live in the
building where the standoff occurred.
Miriam Valdes, 70, said she lives on the fifth floor of the building — one
floor above where the shooting began. She said she heard gunfire and later
saw smoke entering her apartment.
She described running in fear to the unit across the hall, where she stayed
holed up as officers negotiated with the gunman.
From the apartment, Valdes said she could hear about eight officers talking
with the gunman.
She said she heard the officers tell him to “let these people out.”
“We're going to help you,” she said they told him.
She said the gunman first asked for his girlfriend and then his mother but
refused to cooperate.
Rodriguez said police were still investigating the motive and identifying
the gunman and victims.
“Investigators are talking with families of the victims, neighbors, people
that were present when all this began,” he said. “That way we can start to
piece together this huge puzzle that we're working with.” | D**S
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