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Police shoot man dead during hostage situation in Fort Lauderdale

Officers fatally shot a man Thursday after he took a woman hostage while reportedly armed and on the drug flakka, according to Fort Lauderdale police.

"This is obviously a situation where this woman was in great fear for her life," said Capt. Frank Sousa. "At points where the dialogue was being exchanged, there were elevations in her voice which obviously led to our officers knowing that this situation was getting to a point that forced them to take action."

Police responded about 2:30 p.m. to a house in the 1200 block of Southwest 29th Terrace in reference to "a violent domestic, where there was a male armed," Sousa said.