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A woman recalled the scary moments she encountered a man who investigators say shot at two people in Hollywood Beach and later crashed his car in Hallandale Beach after trying to get away from police.<\/p>\n

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Liz Kutis said she was at Hollywood Beach last Thursday when she noticed her friend recording someone.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like, ‘I didn’t like the guy, the guy was very rude to me and I didn’t do anything,'” Kutis said.<\/p>\n

The man then said something to her friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like, ‘What are you looking at?’\u201d Kutis recalled. \u201cYou feel in your gut that something is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moments later, she heard gunshots.<\/p>\n

\u201cPow, pow, pow, five to seven gunshots,\u201d Kutis said. \u201cI was thinking, this is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA man who allegedly opened fire on two people on Hollywood Beach was arrested after fleeing from officers and crashing Thursday night, authorities said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

Moments after that, Kutis saw the same man running.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like this person is not normal, so I was avoiding eye contact with this person,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The man she saw was Tyrell Thomas, who police said walked up to two people on the beach and told them to get out of the way. Both men told police they tried to walk away, and Thomas told them, \u201cI got something for you.” <\/p>\n

According to investigators, Thomas ran to his car, grabbed a gun, went back to the beach and shot at both men. One of them jumped in the water to avoid getting shot.<\/p>\n

The arrest report mentions a third person who said she saw Thomas shoot at both men and then turned to her and said, \u201cYou’re looking, you’re looking.” The woman told police she lay down and called 911, trying not to draw more attention to herself.<\/p>\n

Police found the car Thomas drove off in and tried to pull him over, but he didn’t stop. According to the arrest report, at one point, Thomas drove the opposite direction of traffic and ultimately crashed into two cars in Hallandale Beach. Officers later caught up with him.<\/p>\n

Kutis is grateful that she and everyone else are OK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is scary, you could be shot for no reason,\u201d Kutis said. \u201cMy gut feeling was right, not to be, when you’re seeing this person not in a good mental state, you just have to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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