A 7-year-old boy was shot in the head at a home in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning, police said. He is in “extremely critical condition.”
“The circumstances are still being investigated however it does not appear to be foul play,” a Fort Lauderdale police spokesman said.
The shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. in the area of Northwest 15th Street and Second Avenue, a few blocks from North Andrews Avenue, according to Fort Lauderdale police.
The boy was taken as a trauma alert to Broward Health, according to police.
No other details were immediately available.
Miami Herald staff writer Bianca Padró Ocasio contributed to this report. This breaking news article will be updated once more information becomes available.
This story was originally published July 2, 2020 at 10:45 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
