FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Fort Lauderdale Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred inside of a Brightline parking garage.
According to police, a Brightline passenger stopped a burglar from breaking into his car in the parking garage located at 101 NW 2nd Ave., Monday evening.
The burglar then pulled out a gun and shot at the owner of the vehicle, but the man was not wounded.
According to police, the burglar is 32-year-old Steven Williams of Lauderhill.
Williams attempted to flee on foot, but officers tracked him down and were able to detain him several blocks away at Northwest Seventh Avenue and Third Street.
He had already broken into several cars inside of the parking garage before he was stopped by a potential victim, said police.
When he was detained, officers found several personal belongings of victims on him.
Officers investigated and searched for potential evidence inside the parking garage that may have been left behind.
7News spoke to several people who were returning to their cars from work to find out about the incident. One man who was returning from the Brightline had just fixed his vehicle from a recent burglar to find himself in the same situation again.
“I just got broken into on Friday and fixed it on Saturday,” said Cole Helwig. “Now here we are on Monday and broken into again. We need to figure this out, police needs to start doing better patrols. This is like, it’s getting unreal.”
“Just witnessed someone running away most likely. I’m not even sure who is who, if I have to be honest with you,” said a man in a truck.
When asked what are his thoughts about the entire situation, the man in the truck said it was an overall sad situation.
Glenn McCormick takes the Brightline to work in Miami and arrived back Monday afternoon to a similar scene.
“Looks like someone took out the window and threw it over the fence,” said McCormick.
His car was also ransacked, and shattered glass surrounded the area.
“You would think here, you’d be safe,” said McCormick.
When asked what the crooks took, McCormick said, “Not much really. They got my Ray-Ban sunglasses and change in the drawer, so there might have been a dollar or two somewhere, it looks like. What were you doing?”
“Thank God nothing happened, you know,” said a woman in sunglasses. “Nobody got hurt, so that’s the most important thing: that nobody got hurt.”
7News reached out to Brightline for a statement on what is being done about security in the parking garage, but we have not received a response.
Williams is being charged with aggravated assault, burglary conveyance and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.