Police: 2 women shot inside Hollywood laundromat

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. ā€“ Authorities in Broward County are investigating a shooting in which two people were injured.

It happened on Monday at a laundromat in the 2500 block of Sheridan Street in Hollywood.

Surveillance video shows police officers running to the laundromat just after gunshots rung out at 6:15 p.m.

Panicked customers at the same shopping plaza were seen earlier in the video rushing into a beauty supply store to escape the bullets.

Minutes later, more police arrived.

Earlier in the video, you can see a couple women getting into a black Mercedes-Benz SUV and drive off after the shots were fired. Witnesses told Local 10 News that police are searching for that vehicle.

According to police, two women were shot and rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital in critical condition.

Evidence markers could be seen inside the laundromat.

Police have not yet released a description of the shooter or shooters.

Anyone with further information is urged to contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.


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Bridgette Matter joined the Local 10 News team as a reporter in July 2021. Before moving to South Florida, she began her career in South Bend, Indiana and spent six years in Jacksonville as a reporter and weekend anchor.

Saira Anwer joined the Local 10 News team in July 2018. Saira is two-time Emmy-nominated reporter and comes to South Florida from Madison, Wisconsin, where she was working as a reporter and anchor.