DAVIE, Fla. — The Davie community remained shaken a day after a shooting in the parking lot of a local beauty school left one person dead and another in critical condition.

Davie police said the shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon outside the Aveda Institute of South Florida, located at 4186 S. University Drive, just north of Griffin Road.

Julia Ross, a spokeswoman with the Davie Police Department, said officers found two people with gunshot wounds in the school’s parking lot.

“One individual was pronounced deceased on scene. A second was transported to a local hospital in critical condition,” she said.

Police on Wednesday said the individuals involved in the shooting were known to each other and had previously been in a relationship.

“The shooter, a 25-year-old male, was transported yesterday to a local area hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and later succumbed to those injuries,” Davie police wrote in a statement released to Local 10 News on Wednesday afternoon.

Police also wrote “out of respect for those involved, no victim information is being released. Our department has been in direct communication with the families affected by this incident.”

Students and nearby residents described chaotic scenes as shots were fired just after 2 p.m.

Emily Sosa, a student at the institute, said students barricaded themselves inside the building until officers escorted them to safety.

“We heard there was a shooting going on. Everyone was kind of running around frantically, so we didn’t know if he was inside or outside or what was going on,” Sosa said.

The shooting has stirred memories of past local tragedies.

Sosa said one of her classmates had been affected by the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, making the incident especially traumatic.

“All that trauma coming back and being so close to the anniversary of the Parkland shooting is very scary,” she said.

Authorities released 911 calls that captured the fear of those nearby, including reports of gunfire outside and a person lying in a car.

Video from Sky 10 showed the scope of the law enforcement response, with nearby St. David Catholic School and Burkhard’s Tractor & Equipment temporarily placed on lockdown.

Richard Burkhard, the owner of that business, said he kept employees inside for their protection after hearing gunshots.

Detectives spent hours at the scene, focusing on a white car later covered with a brown tarp and interviewing witnesses. Authorities said the incident poses no ongoing threat and no additional suspects are being sought.

Nearby residents described the scene as frightening. Cindy Santaita, who lives nearby, said she saw students crying outside the school.

“I feel really bad for whoever was hurt there, and their poor parents who have to get this news,” she said.

No other details about the shooting were immediately released.

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