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VERO BEACH, Fla. — Florida is no stranger to crazy headlines — and we’re following a pretty wild story out of Indian River County.

Sheriff Eric Flowers tells WPTV they arrested Brandon Harnois for using his backyard as a shooting range.

The neighborhood is called Westfield, off 16th Street in Vero Beach. It's near homes and even a youth church camp — and luckily, no one was hurt.

A deputy was on patrol Sunday night and just happened to be passing by when he saw tracer rounds fired out of an AR-15-style rifle — they look like fireworks — flying right over busy 16th Street.

"The idea that somebody is shooting in their backyard here is not normal. This is not normal behavior. This is something that's very, very concerning to us," said Sheriff Flowers.

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