A woman was shot, hospitalized in Broward and her husband is the suspect, cops say
A woman was shot in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday night and minutes later a man police believed was fleeing the scene crashed in a car and injured himself, police say.
Around 7:20 p.m., Fort Lauderdale police received a call of a woman being shot in the area of 2400 East Commercial Blvd., police said. She was taken to Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert.
She is in critical condition and is expected to survive, police said.
Around the same time, police received calls of a man fleeing and crashing a little over a mile away at 220 Hibiscus Ave. in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, police say. Witnesses told cops they heard a gunshot after the crash.
Officers found a man with serious injuries when investigating the crash. He was also trauma alerted to Broward Health Medical Center. He is suffering from injuries from the crash and a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
A preliminary investigation has found that the woman and man are husband and wife.
This is a developing story and will be updated if more information is available.
This story was originally published January 12, 2021 at 11:02 PM.
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