Carrie Wells wrote:SARASOTA - Several people fired handguns and semi-automatic assault rifles while celebrating the new year in north Sarasota early Saturday, leaving hundreds of spent shell casings on the ground, according to police and witnesses.
No one was hurt in what has become a sort of New Year's Eve tradition, but police warned the practice is illegal and hazardous.
Sarasota Police Department spokesman Paul Sutton said...
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