The UPS hijacking ended in a hail of bullets in rush-hour traffic. Police now face questions about their response

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The scene was a nightmare: After a long, televised police chase of a hijacked UPS truck ground to a halt at a jammed South Florida intersection, gunfire erupted seemingly from everywhere -- with stunned motorists' vehicles serving as officers' shields.

The UPS employee who died after his truck was hijacked was covering the route for another driver, brother says Gunfire exploded toward and from the truck. A bystander crouched on a median, then scrambled away as officers closed in.In the end, four people were shot dead at the intersection in Miramar, authorities said, including two robbery suspects, a bystander, and hostage UPS driver Frank Ordonez -- a man who relatives say had been subbing for a colleague who had called out from work that day.

— Kevin Reinoso♛ December 6, 2019 Chaos gripped the scene. Then, no more than a minute later, the bedlam turned to quiet. Police haven't released the names of the four people who were killed; Ordonez's family revealed his fate and name. Whether the UPS driver and the slain bystander were shot by police is under investigation, FBI Special Agent in Charge George Piro said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also is investigating, Hudak said.

 

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Shame on police

Nightmare!! More like poor judgment no sense of policing, people trapped in the middle of criminals and police trying to send each other to the morgue ok corral style. Cops even stand in the middle of traffic shooting at suspect not thinking of return fire.

wtf

UPS trucks are wired front to back with GPS and sensors on everything. MiramarPD could have let these guys run cross country and would have been able to track their every move with the help of UPS and news helicopters. Yesterday was reckless and unnecessary

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'If people have up and were hold accountable for their crimes, then WE wouldn't put this many people in danger' I think this statement from the police sums up the disaster pretty well.

I’m angry & feel very sad for the 2 innocents that died..Someone needs to be held accountable for this senseless tragedy! I live in Florida & everyday there’s a shooting somewhere.. Enough is enough!

Only if there were a few more guns this could have been prevented

Devilish America and still standing aside and start pointing fingers at other countries for insecurities to their citizens!! Wonders never end

History and the American people will curse Trump in supporting Erdogan's terrorism in killing and displacing the Kurds

They’re getting worse. Even prisoners would have done a better job than these officers. This is real life but these mofos handled this situation as if they were playing gta.

They used peoples cars with people inside them as fucking shields.

With Donald moving back it's not going to get any better!

This is USI

Just video games to cops.

police murdered 2 innocent people

Why are cops panic shooting rather than strategically defusing a potential criminal situation? How can their lives be at risk when they too put innocent lives at risk? Collateral damage is just for movies.

Every head in Miami Dade PD should roll I'm the aftermath of this debacle. Clearly, the bloodshed that erupted could have been prevented. I've never seen such a callous disregard for the safety of the public by police. Miami should be on fire for this.

No reason to storm the truck the way they did. People are going to jail

All that the police will say is that, 'We've reviewed the footage and there was no wrongdoing.' The people in the cars will need to file a lawsuit to get the footage.

This is why I think guns should be controlled.

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