Florida Highway Patrol pursuit ends in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood; shots fired

Unclear where shots were fired, pursuit started

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ā€“ A vehicle pursuit by the Florida Highway Patrol ended with shots being fired in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, troopers said.Ā 

The pursuit started at about 5:30 p.m. when a trooper attempted to make a traffic stop for reckless driving in the area of Northwest 24th Avenue and Northwest 19thĀ Street, investigators said.Ā 

The vehicle's driver did not pull over, and the pursuit ended in a neighborhood near NorthwestĀ 21st Street and NorthwestĀ 15th Avenue.Ā 

There was an altercation between the people in the vehicle and law enforcement officers, and a trooper fired a gun, troopers said.

"At some point there was an altercation at the end of the street," Sgt. Mark Wysocky said. "Shots were fired. No one was injured."Ā 

Troopers confirmed that four people were taken into custody for questioning.Ā 

Sky 10 flew over the neighborhood during the incident. It appeared there was a heavy law enforcement presence in the neighborhood.

It also appeared that people in close proximity to the scene were told to leave their homes.Ā 

A woman in a wheelchair was seen being rushed out of a home, and another person was seen with her hands up.


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.

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