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Officers responded to a report of shots fired in the city’s
downtown shortly after 1 a.m. A second shooting minutes later
happened within a short distance of officers and they quickly
made an arrest, the city's police Chief Eric Smith said during a
briefing Friday morning.
The six wounded, who range in age from 19 to 39, were
transported to a hospital for treatment and were in stable
condition, Smith said.
A 17-year-old male suspect was taken into custody, said Smith,
who showed video from street security cameras and a police body
camera showing the two shootings and the suspect's arrest at the
second shooting location.
After the first shooting, police used security video to put out
a description of the suspect, but the second shooting happened
near police and officers saw the attack, Smith said.
“Whatever his mindset was, he was going to shoot no matter
what,” Smith said, noting that the suspect's motivation is part
of the ongoing investigation.
A handgun was recovered at the arrest scene and there are no
other suspects, he said.
There were more than 100 officers patrolling the crowds
estimated between 50,000 and 100,000 people who were out
celebrating Halloween on Thursday night and early Friday
morning, Smith said.
Florida State Attorney Andrew Baine said charging the teen
suspect as an adult is a possibility but his agency would await
further information from the police investigation.
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