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911 calls released following deadly shooting at Pompano Beach gas station

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Authorities released 911 calls that came from a fatal shooting at a Pompano Beach gas station over the weekend.

The shooting happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday at the RaceTrac at 599 W. Atlantic Blvd.

According to police, 37-year-old Brian Semil tried to carjack a mother and her children; they said three men intervened and one of them opened fire.

The emergency calls revealed the chaos and danger as the situation unfolded.

“He’s over here trying to get in people’s cars,” one caller said.

“There’s another man here too, with his firearm pointed at him as well,” said another.

Several people outside and inside the gas station desperately called for help.

In Spanish, a woman called saying she was with her children and her mother about to pump gas.

She said that’s when a man tried forcing himself into her vehicle.

That’s when the men stepped in to help, one of them shooting Semil.

“There’s a lady doing CPR on him right now,” one of the callers stated.

In 2015, Semil went to prison a Fort Lauderdale carjacking that led to a police chase.


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