Confrontation leads to fatal shooting of a man in Fort Lauderdale, police say

A man was shot and killed early Sunday in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, police said.

The shooting happened shortly before 4 a.m. at 3331 Auburn Boulevard, a few minutes away from West Broward Boulevard, according to Fort Lauderdale police.

When officers arrived, they found a man, shot. He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Based on the preliminary investigation, police say it appears the shooting occurred after a confrontation in the area.

Police have not disclosed the man’s name or given any additional details about the confrontation.

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

This article will be updated.

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