{"id":98168,"date":"2025-12-29T00:17:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98168\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T00:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:17:40","slug":"5-injured-in-overnight-shooting-near-downtown-fort-lauderdale-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98168\/","title":{"rendered":"5 injured in overnight shooting near downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five people were injured in a shooting near downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to officials. Police said the incident is believed to be isolated.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. on Sunday near the 300 block of Southwest Second Street, in an area near downtown Fort Lauderdale known for nightclubs and bars, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ftlauderdalepd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a>. Officers and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Fort Lauderdale Police Department said five victims sustained serious injuries. Authorities did not release the identities or ages of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Witness video showed police and emergency medical crews treating several victims at the scene, including two men and a woman, as large crowds gathered in the popular entertainment district. <\/p>\n<p>\tArticle continues below the player<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been announced and the motive for the shooting remains unclear. Authorities said there is no threat to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people were injured in a shooting near downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to officials. Police said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28,249,21126,251,250,21152,215,4571],"class_list":{"0":"post-98168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-florida","11":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","12":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news","13":"tag-mass-shooting","14":"tag-shooting","15":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98168","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=98168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}