Empty Florida Republican office hit by drive-by shooting

SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. – Authorities say the windows of a county Republican Party office in Florida were shot at over the weekend.

The shooting comes days after prominent Democrats were sent pipe bombs in the mail.

Capt. Mark Cheatham of the South Daytona Police Department says four shots were fired at the office of the Republican Executive Committee of Volusia County.

County GOP Chairman Tony Ledbetter says the shooting happened sometime after staffers left the office Sunday afternoon and before they returned Monday morning.

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Nobody was inside when the shooting took place.

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Cheatham says the shooting is being investigated as vandalism until detectives establish a motive.

Ledbetter says it appeared to be by a drive-by shooter. A window was shot out and another had a bullet hole in it.

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