{"id":137919,"date":"2026-01-30T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137919\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:15:30","slug":"teen-shot-killed-on-new-years-eve-in-downtown-fort-lauderdale-still-no-arrest-made-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137919\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen shot, killed on New Year&#8217;s Eve in downtown Fort Lauderdale; still no arrest made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The search continues for the suspect who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with NFL dreams near Fort Lauderdale\u2019s beach on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Gipson Jr., described by friends and family as \u201ccompassionate, kind-hearted, and family-oriented,\u201d was found with a gunshot wound around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at 17 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Police Sgt. Patrick O\u2019Brien told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/01\/01\/boy-dies-following-new-years-eve-shooting-near-fort-lauderdale-beach-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South-Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Josh was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert, but later succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/fiery-stuart-crash-kills-20-year-old-driver-passenger-saved-by-good-samaritan-martin-county-sheriffs-office-sea-branch-boulevard-us-1-lawnwood-medical-center-january-4-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fiery Stuart crash kills 20-year-old driver, passenger saved by good Samaritan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An online fundraiser for Josh, made by his family, said he had aspirations of playing in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shock and pain of losing Joshua in such a sudden and senseless way has left his family and friends heartbroken,\u201d the fundraiser said.<\/p>\n<p>While the case is still unsolved, Sgt. O&#8217;Brien said detectives believe the shooting was isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Police urge anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit Detective on the case at 954-828-4900 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The search continues for the suspect who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-137919","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\/137919","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=137919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}