Shootout in Florida has left many seriously injured
OpenLife Nigeria reports that FBI agents were injured in a shootout with a suspect in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday morning, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the incident.
An unclear number of agents have been injured, including with possible life-threatening injuries.
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies were exercising a warrant at the Water Terrace apartment complex at 6:04 a.m., according to Sunrise Police spokeswoman Otishia Browning-Smith. Shots were then fired and paramedics called to the scene, she said.
The person who officers were looking for, that led to the shootout in Florida, barricaded himself, and multiple people have been injured, including officers, she said.
Police said there was a heavy police presence in the area of 4200 Nob Hill Rd. and that the street was closed in both directions. The scene was safe as of 9:04 a.m., according to police, who still asked people to remain in their homes due to the ongoing investigation.
Sunrise, a city of about 84,000 people as of the 2010 Census, is located about 10 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale in South Florida.
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