{"id":126534,"date":"2026-01-21T16:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126534\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:12:06","slug":"police-seek-help-identifying-juvenile-in-fort-lauderdale-duck-killing-caught-on-video-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126534\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek help identifying juvenile in Fort Lauderdale duck killing caught on video &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a juvenile suspected of aggravated animal cruelty after, investigators said, he was captured on surveillance video killing a duck in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the incident occurred Sunday along the 300 block of Southwest Eighth Avenue, where the security footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTxpYNyD-sZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">shows the juvenile<\/a> chasing a duck, catching it and stomping on its neck, killing the animal.<\/p>\n<p>The Fort Lauderdale Police Department\u2019s Animal Cruelty Unit is actively working to identify the individual and is urging anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the case is being investigated as aggravated animal cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>Officials urge anyone with information to contact FLPD or Officer Lowe of the Animal Crimes Unit at 954-579-4944, via email at <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/broward\/police-seek-help-identifying-juvenile-in-fort-lauderdale-duck-killing-caught-on-video\/mailto:alowe@flpd.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">alowe@flpd.gov<\/a>, or call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a juvenile suspected of aggravated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-126534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}