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The two men responsible for a south Florida jewelry heist-turned-
hostage situation and eventual police shootout previously served
time for robbery, according to a report.
A UPS driver and an innocent bystander were also fatally shot
during the gun battle in Miramar, which was seen on local TV.
The FBI identified the robbers as Lamar Alexander and Ronnie
Hill, both 41, WPLG-TV reported.
"He just made bad decisions in life and it cost him his," Corey
Smith said of Alexander, who was his brother, according to the
station.
Alexander was a felon with a lengthy rap sheet, including armed
robbery, according to the station.
Florida Department of Corrections records show Alexander was
convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon in Lee County in 2009,
the station reported. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and
released in 2017.
Hill was also released from prison in 2017, WPLG reported. He
had a series of convictions for burglary and robbery.
The shootout took place after Alexander and Hill robbed a Coral
Gables jewelry store and then hijacked a UPS truck during the
getaway.
The UPS driver who was killed had been identified as Frank
Ordonez, a 27-year-old man with two young daughters, according
to reports.
It was not immediately clear who fired the shots that killed
Ordonez or the bystander.
News helicopters were following the chase and at least one
showed the conclusion live, with one person falling out of the
vehicle’s passenger side after several shots were fired.
“It’s very early in the investigative process,” FBI Special
Agent in Charge George Piro said Thursday night. “There are a
lot of questions that are still unanswered.”
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