DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police say two men in white Halloween masks shot a woman as she and a security guard were closing up a business where she worked in Daytona Beach Sunday morning.
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It happened at The Hotspot, an internet café, on Mason Avenue in Daytona Beach about a half mile away from North Nova Road.
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The woman, who people in the area knew as “Mrs. V,”, was hit several times in the stomach but is expected to survive. The security guard drove her to a hospital.
A friend of the victim, who only went by Renee called it a “tragedy.”
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“It’s very hard to believe that somebody could hurt that lady,” she said. “She was a beautiful, wonderful lady to work in there. She had the bubbliest personality.”
The shooters are still out there.
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