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Driver abandons wounded man at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Hollywood detectives investigate shooting

A wounded man turned up at the emergency room of the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital on Saturday morning in Hollywood. (Torres, Andrea, Goggle Street View)

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Detectives were investigating Saturday how a man turned up injured at the emergency room of the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital’s emergency room in Hollywood.

According to Deanna Bettineschi, a spokeswoman for the Hollywood Police Department, the wounded man had been shot.

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The driver of a green pickup truck dropped him off and fled near Johnson Street and North 35 Avenue, according to police scanner traffic.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.


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The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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