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JIM: WESH 2’S CHRIS GUARDARO HAS THE LATEST DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED. CHRIS: APOPKA POLICE HAVE CRIME SCENE TAPE AROUND THE HOME WHERE MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF AN ARMED MAN WAS TRYING TO SHOOT AT ANYBODY. APOPKA POLICE AND THE SWAT TEAM SWARM TO A HOUSE ON CHRISTIANA AVENUE. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HEARD GUNFIRE COMING FROM THE HOME AROUND 4:30, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AND WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY SAY THERE WERE MORE GUNSHOTS. >> ME AND MY SON WERE OUTSIDE. HE CAME IN THE HOUSE SAYING HE HEARD GUNSHOTS. CHRIS: OFFICERS BLOCK OFF TRAFFIC AND START SEARCHING THE AREA. VIDEO FROM CHOPPER 2 SHOWS THE SWAT TEAM MOVING IN WITH BODY ARMOR, LONG GUNS, AND A SHIELD, BUT THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY CAUGHT THE MAN WHO WAS FIRING ROUNDS BEFORE SWAT STORMED T >> BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SHOTS FIRED WE WANTED TO CLEAR THE RESIDENCE. WE HAD THE SWAT TEAM COME AND CLEAR THE BUILDINGS. CHRIS: POLICE BELIEVE THIS MAN IN THE RED PANTS AND BLUE SHIRT IS RESPONSIBLE. CHIEF MCKINLEY TELLS US THIS STARTED AS A DOMESTIC DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE THAT ESCALATED INTO GUNFIRE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THERE WERE KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE WHEN IT HAPPENED. >> ANY TIME THERE ARE SHOTS FIRED WE ARE CONCERNED FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED SO WE ARE FORTUNATE FOR THE SITUATION. CHRIS: NEIGHBORS TELL US THEY HEAR GUNFIRE IN THEIR COMMUNITY OFTEN. THE APOPKA

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