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International Desk: Two armed jewelry thieves trying to escape the scene of their heist on Thursday hijacked a delivery truck, took its driver hostage, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a deadly shootout, authorities in the US state of Florida said.<\/p>\n
Four people were killed in the gunbattle on a busy street — the two suspects, the driver of the United Parcel Service truck, and a bystander, FBI agent George Piro said.<\/p>\n
The events began as two armed suspects robbed a jewelry store in Coral Gables, near Miami, late Thursday afternoon, Piro said.<\/p>\n
“As the suspects left the area, they hijacked a UPS truck and kidnapped the driver,” he said.<\/p>\n
The suspects sped along an interstate during the evening rush hour, crossing multiple counties as law enforcement gave chase.<\/p>\n
At one point, the police cars following the UPS truck stretched for approximately half a mile (0.8 kilometers) down the road, CNN said, with more than 40 emergency vehicles involved by the end of the chase.<\/p>\n
A shootout ensued when the delivery truck was caught in traffic around 5:30 pm (10:30 GMT) in Miramar, about 25 miles away.<\/p>\n
Police in Miramar tweeted that there had been an “officer-involved shooting” with “multiple fatalities,” and that no law enforcement had been killed.<\/p>\n
One person was taken on a stretcher into an ambulance, according to CNN. And another person was flown to a hospital by helicopter in critical condition, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported, citing the Broward County Sheriff Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n
The intense episode was broadcast live on TV, filmed by news helicopters.<\/p>\n
Images from the shooting scene showed dozens of emergency vehicles with lights flashing as the sun went down, all clustered around an intersection where the UPS truck had come to a stop.<\/p>\n
Other cars could also be seen parked haphazardly in the street.<\/p>\n
The FBI is leading the investigation, according to Piro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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