FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man was fatally shot late Thursday night in Fort Lauderdale, authorities said.
The shooting was reported shortly before midnight in the 800 block of Seabreeze Boulevard.
Cellphone video shows someone running to a car seconds after the shooting.
“We heard about eight gunshots,” Mark Pollock, who lives nearby, said. “Like, pop, pop, pop.”
Pollock and his wife recorded the scene from their window at the B Ocean Resort hotel.
“We were like, ‘Oh God, don’t go near the window. We don’t know where that’s at,’” Pollock said.
According to Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening, officers arrived in the area and found the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was found laying next to a pickup truck in one of the main parking areas if you are visiting the beach.
“I was kind of shocked for a moment,” said Ellen Trujillo, a tourist.
Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances that led up to the shooting.
A description of the shooter is not known at this time.
Anyone who was in the area at the time or who has any further information is asked to call the Fort Lauderdale Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
The victim’s identity has not yet been released.