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FBI Identifies Both Suspects in Deadly UPS Cross-County Car Chase and Shooting

Lamar Alexander, 41, and Ronnie Jerome Hill, 41, of Miami-Dade County have been identified as the shooting suspects.

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The FBI has identified the two suspects who carried out a robbery in Coral Gables and then engaged in a high-speed car chase all the way to Miramar, where a shootout left the suspects and two others dead.

On Twitter, @FBIMiamiFL wrote that the two deceased suspects had been identified as Lamar Alexander, 41, and Ronnie Jerome Hill, 41, both of Miami-Dade County.

A criminal history search revealed that both Alexander and Hill have lengthy criminal histories and have served time behind bars, including charges for robbery, battery, grand theft and resisting arrest.

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Lamar Alexander, left, and Ronnie Jerome Hill, right. Courtesy of Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The incident began with a robbery and shootout at Regent Jewelers at 386 Miracle Mile just after 4 p.m. Thursday, Coral Gables Police said.

Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak said Alexander and Hill, both armed, exchanged gunfire with a jewelry shop worker. She was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Shortly after the shootout, Alexander and Hill abducted a UPS driver at gunpoint and fled in the driver's truck. Authorities began a pursuit, which sped up Interstate 75 into South Florida's Broward County.

When the truck stopped in traffic at a light near Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road, Alexander and Hill opened fire on officers, which resulted in an exchange of gunfire between law enforcement and the suspects, George Piro of the FBI said in a news conference Thursday night.

Piro confirmed that the two suspects died, as well as the UPS driver and a bystander who was shot where the chase ended in Miramar.

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