{"id":387971,"date":"2026-09-02T05:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/387971\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:58:18","slug":"man-found-dead-near-pompano-beach-park-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/387971\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead near Pompano Beach park identified"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man who was found dead near a Pompano Beach park on Sunday morning was hit by a car, and the driver has yet to be identified, deputies said.<\/p>\n

Just after 8 a.m., someone found the man lying on a grass swale near Fairview Park in the 700 block of Southwest 10th Drive<\/a>, the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release Friday.<\/p>\n

He has been identified as Lacurtis Knight, 44, of Tamarac. He was pronounced dead when deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue arrived, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Detectives found that Knight\u2019s injuries appeared to be from being hit by a car, the news release said. Traffic Homicide detectives searched the area, leading them to believe the crash may have happened somewhere else.<\/p>\n

\"AA reward of $5,000 is offered for information leading to an arrest in the death of Lacurtis Knight, 44, of Tamarac, who was found near a park in Pompano Beach on Aug. 23, 2026. (Broward Crime Stoppers\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n

The driver has not been identified as of Friday.<\/p>\n

A reward of $5,000 is offered for information leading to an arrest in his death, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

Authorities ask anyone with information to call BSO THI Detective Mike Wiley at 954-321-4841, submit a tip through the SaferWatch App or anonymously contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477, online at browardcrimestoppers.org or by calling **8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who was found dead near a Pompano Beach park on Sunday morning was hit by a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,112,28,249,251,250,114,115,8928,109],"class_list":["post-387971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-florida","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-pompano-beach","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387971","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=387971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}