9 injured in shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida
(30 May 2023)
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Hollywood, Florida – 29 May 2023
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Deanna Bettineschi, Hollywood Police Department Public Information Manager:
“Earlier today, around 6:52 (EDT/2252GMT), that’s when we got the first call in which people were shot. Officers immediately responded. They found the nine victims with gunshot wounds. They immediately rendered aid and the victims were taken to Joe DiMaggio and Memorial Regional Hospital.”
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Deanna Bettineschi, Hollywood Police Department Public Information Manager:
“We wanted to give you an update on the gunshot victims. At this point we have four juveniles. Their ages are between one and 17. We also have five adults, ages 25 through 65. Right now there is one who is in surgery and the rest of the victims are stable at this point.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Deanna Bettineschi, Hollywood Police Department Public Information Manager:
“We have nine total at this point. One is in surgery and the remaining are stable at this time.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Deanna Bettineschi, Hollywood Police Department Public Information Manager:
“If there is anybody who has pictures, who has videos of this incident, if they could please send it to P.D. Video request at Hollywood F-L dot org.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Levy, Mayor of Hollywood:
“I’d just like to make a statement that I’m saddened and angered that we’ve had an incident on Hollywood Beach today where innocent bystanders were injured as a result of this shooting altercation between two groups. People come to a holiday, enjoy a holiday weekend on a beach with their families, and to have people in complete reckless disregard of the safety of the public and to have an altercation with guns in a public setting with thousands of people around them is beyond reckless.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Police Chief Chris O’Brien, Hollywood Police Department:
“It’s unfortunate, we have law-abiding citizens who come to our beach to enjoy their day and it gets disrupted by a group of criminals, who engage in this type of violent activity.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Police Chief Chris O’Brien, Hollywood Police Department:
“And staffing wasn’t the issue. We had adequate staffing, dozens and dozens of officers. Quite frankly, where this incident occurred, there was officers in the immediate area that were able to respond immediately.”
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STORYLINE:
Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day.
Several of the victims were taken to a children’s hospital, police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said.
The nine people hurt included six adults and three children, according to Yanet Obarrio Sanchez, a spokesperson for Memorial Healthcare System. All of the victims were in stable condition, she said.
Bettineschi said four children between the ages of 1 and 17 were hit, along with five adults between 25 and 65. One was in surgery late Monday while the others were stable, she said. It was not immediately clear if the hospital was counting a 17-year-old as an adult.
Bettineschi said the shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m. A fight broke out, at least one gun was pulled and shots were fired. At least one person was in custody, but police were looking for more suspects.
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