{"id":333325,"date":"2026-07-08T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333325\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:32:09","slug":"man-found-shot-to-death-inside-car-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333325\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found shot to death inside car in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/policetape (24).jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A man was found shot to death inside his car on Northwest 13th Court in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday morning, according to police.\" alt=\"A man was found shot to death inside his car on Northwest 13th Court in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday morning, according to police.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A man was found shot to death inside his car on Northwest 13th Court in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday morning, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n<p>A man was found shot to death inside his car in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday morning, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>At around 4:25 a.m., Fort Lauderdale police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1300 block of Northwest 13th Court.  Mike Menard, 32, was found dead with a gunshot wound, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>This story may be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/288625454\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milena Malaver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Milena Malaver covers crime and breaking news for the Miami Herald. She was born and raised in Miami-Dade and is a graduate of Florida International University. She joined the Herald shortly after graduating.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was found shot to death inside his car on Northwest 13th Court in Fort Lauderdale early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-333325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333325","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=333325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}