POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - One person has died and another has been arrested in a Pompano Beach neighborhood following a carjacking in Boca Raton.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene at the Golden Acres near Northwest 18th Drive, just off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, early Friday morning.
Authorities said they received reports of a car that was stolen in Boca Raton, just before 1 a.m.
BSO worked with Boca Raton Police to track the vehicle to Pompano Beach.
Officials said one person ran from the vehicle and was taken into custody at a nearby apartment.
Another person was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound in the vehicle.
Officers said a loaded gun was also found inside the vehicle.
Authorities have identified the subject in custody as 20-year-old Alex Exantus.
They also identified the deceased victim as 23-year-old Ariel Collazo.
Ennist Peete was up late watching TV when the scene unfolded just a few yards away from his front door.
“I’m a little frightened. It was right here in front of my door,” he said. “I heard a bunch of screeching. I saw the blue lights outside, and someone seemed like they were being chased or something.”
Another neighbor said she awoke to officers shouting commands at the subject.
“I actually thought I was dreaming,” she said. “I woke up to the police saying, ‘Put your hands,’ like, you know, ‘Get out of the car and put your hands up!'”
“I heard like a soft shot, one shot,” Peete said. “I was like, ‘Was that a gunshot?'”
BSO said deputies never discharged their firearms.
7News cameras captured several BSO cruisers blocking off streets, which have since been reopened to traffic.
One woman tried to access the scene. She said she believes her nephew was either injured or killed in the area.
Investigators said Exantus will also face charges in connection to a carjacking that took place in North Lauderdale, Thursday night.
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