A man was wounded during a shooting at a Fort Lauderdale motel, police say

A man was wounded during a shooting at a Fort Lauderdale motel Sunday, police said.

Now, detectives are searching for clues on who shot him.

It happened around 6:35 a.m. at the Budget Inn, 2731 North Federal Highway, according to Fort Lauderdale police.

When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. Police didn’t say if he was found inside or outside of the motel.

The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert. He is expected to recover from his injuries, police said.

As of Sunday afternoon, police said they don’t have anyone in custody.

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

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