FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A “juvenile male” was shot early Tuesday morning in Fort Lauderdale, authorities confirmed.
According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel responded to the 1700 block of Northwest 15th Court at 3:37 a.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert.
Police said crews arrived to find a boy suffering from injuries.
Fire rescue personnel transported the victim as a trauma alert to Broward Health Medical Center. Police said the victim is expected to survive.
A Local 10 News crew was at the home Tuesday afternoon and found what appeared to be blood on the porch and a bullet casing.
A man who worked at a property management company showed up at the home but refused to answer any questions.
Vonda Kates, who lives nearby, said that she was startled after hearing multiple gunshots go off so close to her home.
“My room is right there and all I hear is gunshots, gunshots. It’s terrible and it needs to stop, man,” she said.
Jacqueline Adams told Local 10 News that she was in her living room eating lunch when she heard five to six gunshots go off and had to duck.
“All I want to do is just work, come home, and be able to enjoy my house without this foolishness,” she said.
One neighbor told Local 10 News that she saw three people that appeared to be young men running from the scene.
Fort Lauderdale police said Tuesday’s incident was the second shooting to happen at that same house in less than a week.
No injuries were reported in the previous incident.
Authorities said that no arrests have been made in both shootings.
Anyone with information about either shooting is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.