Cousins Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill died along with UPS driver Frank Ordonez and an unidentified bystander during Thursday's gun battle with police. (WFAA News Dallas)
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| 4 dead after hijacked UPS truck leads police on high-speed chase in Florida, FBI says |
| 2019-12-06 |
| [USA Today] Four people died in a shootout Thursday after jewelry robbers stole a UPS truck and led Florida police on a high-speed chase, the FBI said. The truck driver, a bystander and both suspects were killed in Miramar, about 20 miles from the site of the initial robbery, FBI Special Agent in Charge George Piro said during a news conference. Police in Coral Gables responded to the robbery at a Regent Jewelers store shortly after 4 p.m., Chief Ed Hudak said, and were met with gunfire from two suspects. The suspects then fled in a truck and hijacked the UPS delivery truck about 20 minutes later, Piro said, taking the driver as a hostage. Police chased the suspects until they stopped in one of the middle lanes of a busy roadway, caught behind a wall of other vehicles waiting for a red light to turn green. Police approached the truck, and the suspects opened fire amid rush hour traffic. Piro said the suspects had shot at police during the chase, too. CBS story and video found at this link. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 CBS News reports: Ordonez's brother, Roy, said he had been with UPS for five years, CBS Miami reported. A coworker told the station that Thursday marked Ordonez's first day as a driver after having completed his training. According to Ordonez's Facebook page, he leaves behind a 1-year-old daughter, CBS Miami reported. Local 804, a union that represents UPS workers in New York, have created a GoFundMe to help Ordonez's family with funeral costs. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-06 23:33 |
| #9 So, as Democrats, they'll continue to vote? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-12-06 18:13 |
| #8 Gun Free Zone is on it, with some harrowing video. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-12-06 18:00 |
| #7 The FBI is investigating whether the two gunmen killed inside the UPS truck were involved in two previous robberies in South Florida, according to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede. 12 News Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-12-06 16:43 |
| #6 Cousins Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill died along with UPS driver Frank Ordonez and an unidentified bystander during Thursday's gun battle with police. (WFAA News Dallas) |
| Posted by: Goober Tingle7365 2019-12-06 16:06 |
| #5 No alligators were harmed. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-12-06 12:04 |
| #4 Moenie die hoender ruk nie |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-06 07:25 |
| #3 Ref #1: Some may view this as 'virtue signaling' but I have set my prejudices aside and discounted the involvement of the fringe Lev Tahor (Pure Heart). Jeffrey Epstein is already dead, so he can be taken off the list was well. What say you g(r)om ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-12-06 06:27 |
| #2 ...sort of like reading between the lines? Like when (D) doesn't appear in a story about a freelancing politician? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-12-06 06:15 |
| #1 Nothing about the dead suspects? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-12-06 05:57 |