US Marshals surround Lauderhill apartment complex before taking homicide suspect into custody

LAUDERHILL, Fla. – U.S. Marshals searched through a Lauderhill apartment complex late Thursday afternoon as they sought a murder suspect, according to police.

Authorities didn’t release the name of the suspect or say whether he was wanted in South Florida or elsewhere.

A spokesperson for the Lauderhill Police Department, which assisted federal authorities, said the Marshals tried to apprehend the suspect at the entrance of the complex, located at 2500 NW 56th Ave., but he ran into one of the apartment buildings.

Authorities later took the suspect into custody.


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.

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