FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Surveillance video captured a shooting at a Fort Lauderdale gas station that left a man dead and terrified customers inside.
Video taken on Christmas Day shows the subject pulling up to a Westar gas station near Northwest Seventh Avenue and Broward Boulevard in a black car. Shortly after, the victim, identified as 44-year-old Emmanuel Watts, pulls up in a champagne-colored Cadillac.
As Watts started to make his way into the gas station, video showed the subject lifting a gun before shots were fired.
Watts tried to run inside the store with the gunman chasing after him and fired several more shots.
Several innocent bystanders were inside the gas station at the time.
The gunman eventually fled the scene. Watts was shot multiple times and rushed to the Broward Health Medical Center where he later died.
Police are now searching for a later model Dodge Dart.
A man who frequents the gas station said he heard the gunshots.
“Me and my friends were sitting in the parking lot behind the Speedway, and I heard, ‘bang bang.’ First I thought it was fireworks. I counted them — there were five gunshots. It happened inside the Westar. He was my friend. He was all of our friends. He went by ‘Main Man,’ like main, you’re the main man,” the witness said. “It’s very frightening.”
If you have any information on this shooting, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000 reward.
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