Overview
- A widely shared clip showed crowds running on Daytona Beach during spring break, but authorities have not confirmed the video depicts a verified shooting.
- Times Now reported it could not independently authenticate the viral footage or the claims attached to it, and officials have not issued confirmation.
- Local outlet WFTV9, cited by the New York Post, reported at least four shootings in Daytona Beach since Friday as visitors packed the city.
- Police said a shot was fired after a fight at the Joint Bar on Friday with no injuries reported, and a separate incident an hour later left one person shot outside a nearby Crunch Fitness.
- Additional beachside shootings were reported Saturday, with a hotel balcony video showing beachgoers scattering, and investigators are assessing whether any of the incidents are linked to spring-break activity.