POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Another shooting turned deadly on Friday morning in northwestern Broward County, according to deputies at the scene.
This time a woman said the victim was Andrew Ford, her 32-year-old cousin, but deputies had yet to publicly confirm the identity of the victim of the shooting in Pompano Beach, north of West Atlantic Boulevard.
Sean Bradshaw was among the neighbors who said they knew Ford.
“He was a very good person, very humble person,” Bradshaw said.
Ford’s neighbor William Butler said he heard about 10 gunshots. He said he hopes detectives catch the killer.
“I waited until the police came,” Butler said. “Then, I came out. I walked over there, and they were doing compressions on Andrew’s chest.”
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue personnel and BSO district deputies responded at about 3 a.m., along Northwest Sixth Street, between 23 Terrace and South Powerline Road. Fire rescue personnel took the victim to a hospital where staff pronounced him dead, according to deputies.
Later in the morning, homicide detectives continued their investigation. Forensics’ yellow markings were on the ground in front of the home, near a parked gray car. A boy in the neighborhood peeked from behind a nearby fence.
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Detectives with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department were also investigating a shooting that killed Terri McKenzie, 21, and Vernaldo Donner, 23, on Tuesday morning.
Detectives recently responded to three shootings in three days in Lauderdale Lakes. One of those shootings at a Walmart killed Thierry Bastien, 41, a father who was shopping when he intervened during a violent conflict between two store employees, one of whom shot him dead.
Also earlier this month, Syed Nabigh,11, a 5th-grade student who was shopping for ice cream with his older brother, died during a shooting at a 7-Eleven, in Dania Beach. Detectives reported the shooter, Darren Rosenthal, 29, also wounded a man and then killed himself.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
This is a developing story. Local 10 News Photojournalist Lani Carrier and Assignment Desk Editor Frine Gomez contributed to this report.