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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAuthorities 'slammed' in Daytona Beach during Memorial Day weekend with shooting, massive crowds
Six people were wounded Saturday in a Daytona Beach shooting as massive crowds gathered during Memorial Day weekend. Daytona Police Chief Craig Capri said Sunday at a news conference that two people were shot around 7:30 p.m. on South Ocean Avenue near Breakers Oceanfront Park. Police later discovered four people were hit by shrapnel during the shooting. None of the injuries are life-threatening, he said. Capri said the victims are not cooperating with the investigation and police have not arrested any suspects.
Multiple agencies, including the Volusia County Sheriffs Office and Daytona Beach Police Department, said they prepared for an influx of people during the holiday weekend. The state began its phased reopening earlier this month from shutdowns meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and scores of Floridians headed oceanside.
We got slammed, said Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood. Disneys closed. Universals closed. Everythings closed. So where did everybody come on the first warm day with 50% opening? Everybody came to the beach. Volusia County Beach Safety director Ray Manchester said lifeguards rescued 300 people Saturday along the 47 miles of beaches and every part of it was full.
Volusia Councilwoman Billie Wheeler said she received many phone calls and heard nothing but terror from residents who live beachside. I did not feel safe last night, and I had citizens that did not feel safe, she said. Wheeler said one hotel told her that 26 families checked out Sunday morning because of the Saturday incidents.
Were pushing Come back to Florida. Come back to Daytona. Its a family place. she said. Were missing something here.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/volusia-county/os-ne-daytona-beach-shooting-investigation-20200524-wtjxnox26fhpxdriov5ccetlj4-story.html
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I mean, not counting everyone with two brain cells to rub together.
MichMan
(11,920 posts)Nine people are dead and 36 others wounded so far in weekend shootings in Chicago the deadliest Memorial Day weekend the citys seen in years. Its the deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015, when 12 people were killed and at least 43 others were wounded.
Despite the states stay-at-home order, the weekends death toll has already surpassed last Memorial Day weekend, when seven people were killed and 34 others were injured.
[link:https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/crime/2020/5/25/21268348/chicago-memorial-day-weekend-shootings-gun-violence-may-22-26|
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)These people have no conscience.