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Old 10-09-2016, 02:23 AM  
Paul Markham
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Hurricane Matthew Did Not Result In Massive Shootout Between Shop Owners And Looters

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Hurricane Matthew touched down on Florida but luckily people survived it despite early predictions that it would be more harmful to the state. However, the possibility of looting is always a problem but in this case the claim that Florida store owners engaged in a massive shootout with looters during Hurricane Matthew, leaving 31 dead, was not true.

While the state of Florida was fleeing Hurricane Matthew, the Boston Tribune web site falsely reported that 31 people died in a massive shootout between looters and local business owners in Daytona Beach:


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