1 dead in police-involved shooting in Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Officials are investigating a police-involved shooting that left one man dead in Fort Lauderdale, Wednesday night.

Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a reported shooting in the 900 block of West Sunrise Boulevard  around 6 p.m.

Police say that U.S. Marshals were involved as well.

They said they were acting on a tip of a homicide suspect. When they tried to get the suspect to surrender, they say he would not, discharging a firearm in the process.

“We attempted to order the subject out of the vehicle,” Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Rick Maglione said. “The subject refused to come out, so less lethal methods were deployed. Those methods were unsuccessful and in fact, the suspect responded to the less lethal efforts by discharging a firearm at the police officers that were at the scene.”

Officials said after the subject discharged his weapon, officers opened fire.

The subject, who has not yet been identified was pronounced dead on the scene.

“It’s crazy,” said one witness, Nacorsha Goodwin. “It really is. It’s sad because this down here [doesn’t make sense] you know, the violence that’s going around.”

No one else was injured.

Sunrise Boulevard was shut down both eastbound at Northwest Ninth Avenue for several hours. Both lanes have since been reopened.

At least seven vehicles in connection to the shooting were towed away Thursday morning, as police work to clear the road. One vehicle, could be seen with multiple bullet holes and a blown out window on the passenger side.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement is now in charge of the investigation.

The police departments involved in the shooting were from Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and the Broward Sheriff’s Office, according to Fort Lauderdale Police.

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