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Two people are dead, including one victim and a suspect, after a shooting at a Collier County hotel on New Year’s Eve.
According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the deadly shooting happened at the Port of the Islands Resort hotel on Sunday afternoon.
Detectives say the suspect, a former employee of the 25000 Tamiami Trail East hotel, entered the lobby at 3:25 p.m. and shot a hotel employee. The employee died of their injuries.
Brandon Stearns was on a houseboat behind the resort when the shooting happened.
“We heard that flash-bang go off or whatever that loud boom, it shook the boat; it has all of us kinda curious as to what happened,” Stearns said.
Deputies evacuated the hotel and searched the facility and surrounding area. The CCSO SWAT, Aviation Unit and Drone Unit; the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Greater Naples Fire Rescue District; and Collier County EMS all were involved in the response.
“It was pretty crazy. They came in with SWAT in a big group and knocked a door down, broke the glass, got in there,” Stearns said.
Deputies found the suspect deceased of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a hotel office.
CCSO said the suspect’s identity will be released once the next of kin has been notified.
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Source: msn
