Auburndale, FLA. — Polk Sheriff says they’re looking for 2 people who are “heavily armed” following a robbery at a Pawn Shop.
The suspects fired rounds out of their back windshield at responding Haines City police, after the crime.
The sheriff’s office got a tip the suspects were at a house in the area; deputies surrounded it and called out a SWAT team.
“A blue car then came barreling out of the garage straight at the deputies and officers, who opened fire on the car. The car stopped and the one suspect inside the car was immediately taken into custody. He was shot and also bitten by a K-9. He has non-life threatening injuries,” a media release stated.
At least two suspects are being sought.
Sheriff urges all residents in Haines City area to stay inside their homes.
Deputies will be going door to door in search for suspects.
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Auburndale is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,032 at the 2000 census.
According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 12,381.[4] It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.
