DAVIE, Fla. -- A Jeep Sahara
that was being pursued by
police crashed after getting a
flat tire Wednesday morning,
resulting in the driver's
death.Police said the incident
began in a parking lot at Fort
Lauderdale Executive Airport.
A woman who worked at the
airport pulled into the lot
and was confronted by her
estranged husb
moreDAVIE, Fla. -- A Jeep Sahara
that was being pursued by
police crashed after getting a
flat tire Wednesday morning,
resulting in the driver's
death.Police said the incident
began in a parking lot at Fort
Lauderdale Executive Airport.
A woman who worked at the
airport pulled into the lot
and was confronted by her
estranged husband, who was
distraught about recently
being served with a
restraining order for domestic
violence, Fort Lauderdale
police Sgt. Bill Schultz
said.'He produced a firearm
when he initially confronted
her,' Davie police Lt. Bill
Bamford said. 'I don't know if
his intent was to shoot her,
but he did strike her several
times with the firearm.'The
man then drove off, but police
caught up with his Sahara in
Davie.That's when the man
fired several shots at the
police cruisers following him,
Bamford said. Officers
exchanged gunfire.The man in
the Jeep was taken by
ambulance to the hospital,
where he later died.It wasn't
clear if the man had been
shot. His name has not been
released.
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