>> THIS IS WORLD FAMOUS OCEAN
DRIVE ON MONDAY. BEACH
OVERNIGHT MONDAY CROWD OF
PEOPLE IN PANIC FLEEING FOR
COVER WHEN GUNSHOTS RANG OUT
POLICE RUSHED DOWN THE STREET
AND PARAMEDICS COUPLE WOMAN
CAUGHT IN THE MY MOTHER LIKE
THIS VISITOR DIDN’T TAKE
COVER. HE PULLED OUT HIS GUN
TO PROTECT HIMSELF. BUT HE
ENDED UP NOT USING IT. HE WAS
DETAINED AND RELEASED BY
POLICE IT A GOOD SHOT. I SEE
SMOKE COMING OFF THE BRIDGE.
>> I SEE A GUY WITH A RIGHT
IN. SO I PUT OUT MY GOOD. I’M
BEGGING ME. SO WHEN I SEE THAT
THE ISSUE ME I LET HIM GO.
>> 2 WOMEN SHOT. POLICE
ARRESTED ONE SHOOTER. THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER THE NIGHT
BEFORE ANOTHER SHOOTING. 3
VICTIMS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL. MAYOR DAN GELBER
SAYS HE WAS ON OCEAN DRIVE
HOURS BEFORE IT HAPPENED. YOU
COULD FEEL THAT.
>> AT ANY MOMENT. SOMETHING
COULD HAPPEN. AND THAT’S JUST
NOT A WAY A CITY CAN OPERATE A
SPRING BREAK VACATION OR THE
CHIEF OF POLICE SAYS VALUE OF
SPRING BREAKERS IS UP 67% OF
COLLEGES OFF DURING A 2 WEEK
PERIOD.
>> NOW THE MAYOR AND OTHER
COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE ON
DECLARING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
TO CONTROL THE CROWD. CAN’T
ENDURE THIS ANYMORE. WE JUST
SIMPLY CAN’T.
>> THIS ISN’T YOUR FATHER’S
MOTHER SPRING BREAK. THIS IS
SOMETHING WHOLLY DIFFERENT AND
I’VE SAID THIS BEFORE, A LOT
OF US HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE.
ASK FOR SPRING BREAK. WE DON’T
PROMOTE IT. WE DON’T ENCOURAGE
WE JUST ENDURE IT AND IT’S NOT
SOMETHING WE WANT TO ENSURE WE
DON’T WANT SPRING BREAK.
>> DECLARE A PUBLIC EMERGENCY.
THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSING A
CURFEW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THURSDAY MORNING AT 12.
OH, ONE VISITORS IN SOUTH
BEACH AND PARTS OF MAINE BEACH
WILL BE FORCED TO GO BACK TO
THEIR HOTEL SAID EVERY YEAR WE
PUT MORE POLICE.
>> WE BRING MORE ASSETS. TO
CREATE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT
AS WE CAN HAVE THE END OF THE
DAY WHEN 10’S OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE CROWDING INTO WHAT
IS ESSENTIALLY A SMALL AREA ON
SOUTH BEACH. REALLY JUST SOUTH
BEACH. IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND
WE HAVE TO RESPOND.
>> ALRIGHT NBC SOUTH FLORIDA’S
JAMIE GUIROLA JOINS US NOW
LIVE. SO FROM MIAMI, I WORKED
IN LOCAL NEWS HERE, JUST LIKE
YOU ARE THE SAME STATION
YOU’RE AT RIGHT NOW. AND I
KIND OF SAW SPRING BREAKS
GETTING MORE AND MORE
DANGEROUS OVER THE YEARS. BUT
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A STATE OF
EMERGENCY ARE USUALLY THINKING
ABOUT A HURRICANE DOWN IN
SOUTH FLORIDA. AND ALSO I GOT
TO THINK THESE BARS AND
RESTAURANTS. IT’S GOING TO KILL THEIR BUSINESS. THIS
CURFEW STARTING AT MIDNIGHT.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE LAST
TIME MIAMI BEACH HAD A CURFEW
WAS DURING COVID IN THE REASON
WHY IS BECAUSE THEY SAY 9
OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN THE
LAST 2 WEEKS. NOT TO MENTION
MORE THAN 80 GUNS SEIZED IN
THE LAST 3 DAYS AND AT LEAST 5
PEOPLE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
AFTER BEING SHOT JUST THIS
PAST WEEKEND. SO A LOT OF
CONCERN IS, AS YOU MENTIONED,
AS FAR AS THOSE RESTAURANTS
ARE CONCERNED, A LOT OF THEIR
MONEY FOR THESE BARS ON OCEAN
DRIVE COMES AFTER MIDNIGHT
WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY
FACE HAVING DINNER AND ARE