Man wounded in shooting at 24-hour food market in Fort Lauderdale

A man was injured in a shooting at a 24-hour food market in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday, police said.

The shooting happened shortly before 2 a.m. at Dixie Court Food Market, 106 NW 11th Ave., near West Broward Boulevard, according to Fort Lauderdale police. It is still unclear if the shooting occurred inside or outside of the store.

The store is opened 24 hours, according to its Google Maps description.

The man was taken to Broward Health in critical condition by witnesses in the area, according to police. His identity has not been disclosed.

Anyone with information that might help with the investigation is asked to call police.

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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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