Five people were hospitalized after an overnight shooting in Fort Lauderdale on early Sunday, police said.<\/p>\n
Around 2 a.m., Fort Lauderdale Police responded to the area of 300 SW 2nd St. following a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers found “several adult victims,” prompting them to secure the scene and apply immediate tactical aid, Fort Lauderdale Police told CBS News Miami.<\/p>\n
CBS News Miami reported that police were seen sweeping the area with K9 units around Second Street when the shooting happened.<\/p>\n
Five people were taken to the hospital by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue; however, police did not have information regarding the condition of the individuals at this time.<\/p>\n
Detectives believe the shooting was an isolated incident and there is no current threat to the general public, Fort Lauderdale Police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale Police said they are searching for a suspect as their detectives investigate the shooting.<\/p>\n
Residents are concerned about nightlife safety as police search for the shooter<\/p>\n
CBS News Miami spoke to one man who often frequents this area.<\/p>\n
“Very concerning for the upcoming events for New Year’s Eve,” he said. <\/p>\n
The man, who wished not to have his face shown, told CBS News Miami it feels less safe down here the later it gets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s gotten very concerning at night. Definitely not a place you want to bring your family and kids,” he said.<\/p>\n
The man told CBS News Miami that he’s hoping police can beef up their presence as we get closer to New Year’s Eve.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Hope there’s a lot more police presence out here and some positive changes in the area,” the man said. <\/p>\n
If you have any information on this, call the police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people were hospitalized after an overnight shooting in Fort Lauderdale on early Sunday, police said. Around 2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,8017,8016,451,3,2079,452,453],"class_list":["post-374837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-police","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-shooting","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}