FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man was fatally shot early Wednesday morning while sitting inside his vehicle in Fort Lauderdale, authorities said.
According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers responded to the 1300 block of Northwest 13th Court shortly before 4:30 a.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert in the area.
While searching the Lauderdale Manors neighborhood, officers found the victim in his car, with a gunshot wound, authorities said.
Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim’s father identified him to Local 10 News as 32-year-old Matt Menard. He said his son leaves behind a 5-year-old daughter.
“Very devastating, we understand that. Like I tell you, but I try to be strong,” Philippe Menard said.
Matt Menard was parked outside his family’s home when he was shot.
Surveillance video shows him walking to the car just minutes before he was shot and killed.
Local 10 cameras captured at least three bullet holes in the driver’s side window of the vehicle.
A truck parked next to it was also hit by gunfire.
The sound of the shots startled neighbors.
“We were scared. We had turned off all our electronics because we didn’t know where it was coming from. Like it sounded really close,” neighbor Nevaeh Brown said.
Overnight, homicide detectives searched the street. K-9 units also swept the scene after daybreak.
The victim’s father told Local 10 News that someone set fire to his home’s plants last week, and just days later, someone fired shots at the house.
“We heard that at night, but we cannot come out to see. So when we call police, they come here, they take pictures,” Philippe Menard said.
Philippe Menard described his son as a bright young man who ran with the wrong crowd.
He’s now left wondering if last week’s incidents could be connected to his son’s killing.
“He went to a university -- the guy’s (more) knowledgeable than me,” Philippe Menard said. “I didn’t reach that level. I can’t tell him, ‘Hey, I talk to you and you listen.’”
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Fort Lauderdale Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
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