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>> Eric: A VIEW FROM SKY 10
SHOWING WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR
INVESTIGATORS RIGHT NOW AS THEY
PIECE TOGETHER THE TERRIFYING
ENDING TO YESTERDAY’S CROSS
COUNTY CHASE.
WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER, FOUR
PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A UPS
DRIVER.
OFFICERS JUMPING OUT OF PATROL
CARS HERE FIRING THEIR WEAPONS
THAT SCENE HAPPENING RIGHT HERE
LIVE ON LOCAL 10 IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE VERY BUSY EVENING
COMMUTE.
LOCAL 10’S ALEX FINNIE THIS
MORNING, WHERE THE PURSUIT CAME
TO A SHOCKING AND TRAGIC END.
WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE DETAILS
ABOUT THE VICTIM, AND THE
SITUATION, ALEX WHAT DO YOU KNOW
THIS MORNING.
>> Reporter: WE’RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE VICTIM, FRANK ARDONIA.
WE LEARNED THAT HE IS A YOUNG
FATHER, HE HAD TWO YOUNG GIRLS
THE UPS DRIVER WHOSE LIFE WAS
SENSELESSLY TAKEN YESTERDAY AND
FOCUSING REALLY NOW ON THE
SCENE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’RE NOW HOURS,
WE’RE NOW MOVED SUE THE NEXT DAY
AS THE INVESTIGATION STILL
CONTINUES.
I WANT YOU TO FOCUS YOUR
ATTENTION ON THE UPS TRUCK, THE
TRUCK THAT WAS RIDDLED WITH
BULLETS WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT UP IN
SHEAR CHAOS YESTERDAY IN
MIRAMAR.
>> THE DRIVER OF THE UPS DRIVER
IDENTIFIED AS 27-YEAR-OLD FRANK
ARDONA FATHER AND UPS EMPLOYEE.
ONE OF THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON
POLICE.
THIS WHILE THE UPS DRIVER TRIED
POLICE. THIS WHILE THE UPS DRIVER TRIED TO GET AWAY.
THE IMAGES TOO GRAPHIC TO SHOW.
THE POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING
HAPPENING NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF MIRAMAR PARKWAY WITH SHOPS,
RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES ALL
NEARBY.
WITNESSES RECORDING ON THEIR
CELL PHONES.
[ GUNFIRE ]
>> Reporter: THIS ALL STARTED
WHEN THE TWO ARMED SUSPECTS
ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THE REGENT
JEWELRY STORE IN CORAL GABLES.
POLICE SAY THEY HIJACKED THE UPS
TRUCK HOLDING THE DRIVER AS
HOSTAGE
HOSTAGE LEADING POLICE ON A
CHASE INTO BROWARD.
>> THEY OPENED FIRE, THERE WAS
EXCHANGED FIRE BETWEEN THE
SUSPECTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUSPECTS
ARE NOW DECEASED.
>> Reporter: CAUGHT IN THE CROSS
FIRE, ARDONIS AN INNOCENT
MOTORIST, BOTH OF WHOM LOST
THEIR LIVES.
AND BACK OUT LIVE NOW, THIS IS T
THE SCENE.
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH,
UPS, WE KNOW THEY DID RELEASE A
STATEMENT IN PART, SAYING, THEY
OF COURSE EXTEND THEIR
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND
FRIENDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEE,
FRANK.
ALSO JUST SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE CLOSE WITH THE FAMILY,
APPARENTLY FRANK HAD ONLY BEEN
WITH UPS JUST A FEW YEARS.
IT WAS A JOB THAT HE HAD
DEDICATED SO MUCH OF HIS TIME
TO.
AGAIN, HE HAD THOSE TWO YOUNG
GIRLS THAT HE LEAVES BEHIND.
FOCUSING NOW ON THE SCENE,
INVESTIGATORS STILL UNPACKING
THIS HEARTBREAKING HECTIC JUST
CHAOTIC SITUATION YESTERDAY,
STILL TRYING TO COME TO TERMS,
MANY PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING
EXACTLY WHY THIS HAPPENED.
AND WHY THOSE LIVES,
UNFORTUNATELY, HAD TO BE TAKEN.
IN ADDITION TO THE TWO PEOPLE
THAT INNOCENT BYSTANDER AS WELL
AS FRANK, THE UPS EMPLOYEE, IN
ADDITION TO THEM, WE ALSO HAD
THE TWO SUSPECTS DID DIE AS WELL
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT GUNFIRE
BATTLE THAT HAPPENED RIGHT OFF
MIRAMAR PARKWAY YESTERDAY.
STILL ALLOT TO UNPACK HERE WITH
THIS STORY.
WE’RE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF
THIS FOR YOU, BRING YOU UPDATES