Spring Break booze ban scrapped as revellers prepare to party on after shootings

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alcohol sales after 6pm and the midnight party closures were first implemented after five people were shot in Miami's South Beach entertainment district last week.The streets were also filled with more law enforcement officers.However, Miami Beach City Manager Alina Hudak has claimed that the increase in police presence will remain in place until Sunday (April 3) when the college half term ends.Authorities claimed that these temporary measures would only be lifted when the area had returned to "peace, party, and calm" following a pair of shootings on March 20 and 21 which sent five people to the hospital.Panicked partiers ran for cover, causing property damage and disrupting traffic and the mayhem caused four police officers to be injured as people fled the area following the second attack.Officials said about 100 guns had been seized over the past four weeks with 37 in just the last three days, according to Sky News.Speaking to the same news outlet, witness Lo Mills said: “We heard the shots, they ran across the street, and see them fall and I pulled out my gun to see what was going on.”Last Monday, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber announced the emergency measures at a press conference, as he said: “We didn’t ask for spring break and we don’t want it.“We just simply cannot have people come to our city and have to worry about being shot.

That’s not a way a city can operate.”Following the implemented measures, photos were taken at the beach show students waiting in long queues outside of Park Central Hotel on Ocean Drive to order their final drinks of the night.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Liquor stores and supermarkets in the area were banned from selling.