WEST PARK, Fla. (WSVN) — A South Florida woman is speaking out after she was pistol-whipped and robbed in the apartment complex she manages.
Broward Sheriff's Office deputies and members of the department's Special Response Team responded to the area of Northeast Second Avenue and 215th Street at around 12:30 p.m. Monday and surrounded the Crosswinds Apartments.
A man had fired his gun at two workers as he fled the scene with the cash. Three bullets are still lodged in the door of apartment 123.
Reporter: "He fired at you? Two times?"
"Yeah, with the gun two times. From the floor when I saw the gun, I went down and I went inside the office and saw the manager with the blood here," said Eduardo Aguirre who dodged the bullets.
Apartment manager Josee Ladouceur's glasses were shattered after the gunman beat her with his gun. She has stitches in the back of her head and on her forehead. "I was so scared. He opened the door and said, 'Give me the money,' and my reaction was, I was yelling and shouting, 'Help!' and shouting and shouting; that's all I could do, and then he started to beat me up," said Ladouceur.
Ladouceur was scared for her life and was thinking about her daughter at the time. "The only thing I was thinking was, 'I have a daughter … I have to stay alive, he's gonna shoot me.' That's all I was thinking," said Ladouceur.
"Even if they give you Percocet, I did not sleep. I keep seeing this guy … well, mostly the gun," said Ladouceur.
The gunman is described as a young man, approximately 18 to 23 years old, very tall with a slim build. He has short hair and was last seen wearing a blue shirt and black shorts with a white stripe and a bandanna covering his face.
If you have any information on this armed robbery, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward.
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