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A bullet ridden car is towed after it hit a building on Las Olas Boulevard. (Source: CBS4)

Around 5 a.m. police received reports of gunshots in the area of East Las Olas Boulevard and SE 15th Avenue. When officers arrived they found a newer model silver sedan which had crashed into the front of a building in the 1400 block of East Las Olas Boulevard.

Police said when their officers arrived the driver and woman were gone.

A witness told CBS4 the driver of the car was rapper Rick Ross but police have not confirmed that information.

Las Olas Boulevard from SE 13th Avenue to SE 16th Avenue was temporarily closed to traffic for the police investigation. It re-opened around 8:30 a.m.

A witness told CBS4 the driver of the car was rapper Rick Ross but police have not confirmed that information.

Las Olas Boulevard from SE 13th Avenue to SE 16th Avenue was temporarily closed to traffic for the police investigation. It re-opened around 8:30 a.m.

UPDATE 10am

Ft. Lauderdale Police have confirmed that Rick Ross was a passenger in the vehicle that was shot at and that the restaurant he was celebrating his birthday at was also struck “in a hail of gunfire” according to the Miami Herald. Witnesses say they heard around 15 shots!

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