Shots fired at GOP office in Volusia County, police say Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT >> LUCKILY, NO. VOLUNTEERS CLOSED THE OFFICE AT 4:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND RE-OPENED AT 9:30 THIS MORNING, WHICH IS WHEN THEY DISCOVERED WINDOWS SHATTERED AND BULLET HOLES. >> IT MAKES ME MAD THAT SOMEBODY WOULD DO THIS. >> AT LEAST TWO BULLETS SHATTERED A LARGE PICTURE WINDOW AT THE FRONT OF THE VOLUSIA COUNTY REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, LODGING IN WALLS INSIDE. THE GLASS REMAINED IN TACT ON A SMALLER WINDOW BUT TWO MORE BULLET HOLES ARE CLEAR AND WENT CLEAR ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE OFFICE AND THROUGH A BACKDROP NEAR THE BACK DOOR. >> THESE ARE JUST ANGRY PEOPLE THAT CAN’T DEAL WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS AS IT RELATES TO THE POLITICAL WORLD THAT WE’RE IN. >> STAFF ARRIVING THIS MORNING DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE, AT FIRST THINKING SOMEONE HAD THROWN A ROCK OR BRICK THROUGH THE WINDOW. >> LOOKS LIKE ITS BEEN SHOT THROUGH OR SOMETHING BECAUSE UM THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A ROCK UM THE WHOLE FRONT GLASS IS OUT. >> IT WASN’T SOMEBODY THROWING A BRICK THROUGH THE WINDOW, IT WAS SOMEONE SHOOTING AT US. >> AS POLICE WORKED TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SCENE, REMOVE BULLETS FROM WALLS, THEY TOLD US WHOEVER DID IT, LIKELY DID SO LATE AT NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING WHEN THE PLAZA WAS DESERTED. SO FAR THEY’VE FOUND NO ONE WHO HEARD OR SAW ANYTHING, AND THOUGH THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER THEY ARE NOT OPERATIONAL. >> THIS WAS A COWARD THAT SHOWED UP DURING THE NIGHT, I DON’T BELIEVE THEY WOULD EVER COME IN THE DAYTIME BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO CONFRONT ANYBODY. MEREDITH: NEW DETAILS NOW IN THE -- OFFICIALS WITH THE PARTY SAY THERE HAD BEEN NO THREATS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THEY ARE TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTION ENSURING NO ONE IS IN THE OFFICE ALONE AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING WORKING

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