{"id":263556,"date":"2026-05-08T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/263556\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:39:07","slug":"attempted-murder-suspect-arrested-after-fleeing-from-hollywood-police-causing-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/263556\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempted murder suspect arrested after fleeing from Hollywood police, causing car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  \u2014 New details were released Friday after a driver allegedly fled from Hollywood police Thursday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/07\/possible-police-chase-ends-in-crash-along-hallandale-beach-boulevard-witnesses-say\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/07\/possible-police-chase-ends-in-crash-along-hallandale-beach-boulevard-witnesses-say\/\">causing a car crash on Hallandale Beach Boulevard.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/08\/policia-arrestan-a-sospechoso-de-intento-de-asesinato-tras-huir-de-la-policia-de-hollywood-y-provocar-accidente-automovilistico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/08\/policia-arrestan-a-sospechoso-de-intento-de-asesinato-tras-huir-de-la-policia-de-hollywood-y-provocar-accidente-automovilistico\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hollywood police spokeswoman Deanna Bettineschi identified the driver as 30-year-old Tyrell Anton Thomas, who was wanted in connection with a shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bettineschi said Thomas was involved in an argument with a couple of victims on the beach at Douglas Street at about 7 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She said he then grabbed a gun from his vehicle, returned to the beach and fired at two people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He then returned to his car and threatened a third victim, Bettineschi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The victims were not injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bettineschi said Thomas fled from officers who spotted his vehicle, but he refused to stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll of a sudden, I saw the cop cars on the horizon, chasing (him). Then I saw who they were chasing, this black car,\u201d witness Chris Coletti said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Witnesses said the driver then tried turning onto Hallandale Beach Boulevard while going the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe made the turn going probably over 50 miles an hour, and the car didn\u2019t turn,\u201d Coletti said. \u201cIt jumped over the median and hit those cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bettineschi confirmed that Thomas crashed his car at South Ocean Drive and Hallandale Beach Boulevard and was taken into custody after a short foot pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, wearing a mask or face covering in the commission of a felony, fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of a crash and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Friday morning, he was being held at the Broward County Main Jail without bond.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 New details were released Friday after a driver allegedly fled from Hollywood police Thursday night,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-263556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}