{"id":161787,"date":"2026-02-19T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161787\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:20:08","slug":"deputies-seek-publics-help-in-fatal-shooting-of-man-35-in-central-broward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161787\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies seek public\u2019s help in fatal shooting of man, 35, in Central Broward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0February 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DL4P3J7CCFGFXPQ7EMJL32SVQE.jpg\"  width=\"1276\" height=\"717\"\/>(Broward Crime Stoppers) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BROWARD COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Detectives with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office asked for the public\u2019s help Thursday in identifying a person of interest in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Nathaniel Forrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The shooting happened just before 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 19, near the 900 block of Northwest 24th Avenue in unincorporated Central Broward. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Deputies responded after receiving a ShotSpotter alert in the area. Authorities said they found Forrest suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and immediately began life-saving efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said he was taken by Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue medics to Broward Health Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BSO\u2019s Homicide Unit has released a photo of an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the case. Investigators are urging anyone who recognizes the person or knows their whereabouts to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered through Broward Crime Stoppers for information that leads to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Kevin White at 954-321-4215 or submit a tip through the SaferWatch app. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477), go online to browardcrimestoppers.org or dial **TIPS from any cellphone in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0February 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand(Broward Crime Stoppers) BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Detectives with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-161787","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\/161787","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=161787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}