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City’s Handling of Chaotic Daytona Beach Weekend Questioned Amid Pop-up Event, Shootings

An unsanctioned pop-up event drew nearly 10,000 spring-breakers, resulting in four shootings and 133 arrests as law enforcement struggled to control chaotic crowds.

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The first weekend of spring break in Daytona Beach devolved into chaos, local officials said, after a pop-up event on the beach drew large, unsanctioned crowds and multiple shootings in the city.

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The spring break in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, was tarnished by a series of violent shootings that left several injured and generated panic among thousands of young people and tourists, who crowded the area over the weekend. A video, which went viral on social networks, showed dozens of people running desperately to get safe after listening to shots near the beach, which evidenced the chaos that occurred in one of Spring Break’s busiest destin…

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WFTV 9 abc broke the news in on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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