Crime

An SUV crashed into Broward funeral home. It was involved in highway shooting, police say

Police responded to a single-vehicle crash at a funeral home Tuesday morning. The crashed SUV was involved in a shooting on the Florida Turnpike.
Police responded to a single-vehicle crash at a funeral home Tuesday morning. The crashed SUV was involved in a shooting on the Florida Turnpike. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A shooting on an exit ramp in Broward County on Tuesday morning ended with a black SUV crashing into a building.

A witness told Pembroke Pines police that the shooting happened at 3 a.m. on Florida’s Turnpike ramp to Pines Boulevard. Someone in a white car was shooting at a black SUV.

Police found the black SUV Tuesday morning when they responded to a single-vehicle crash into Boyd’s Funeral Home, 6400 Hollywood Blvd. No one was inside the SUV, but police found four casings.

Officers searched the area for the occupants of the SUV but didn’t locate anyone. No other calls reported the shooting, and no nearby hospitals have treated gunshot victims.

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the shooting.

Grethel Aguila
Miami Herald
Grethel covers courts and the criminal justice system for the Miami Herald. She graduated from the University of Florida (Go Gators!), speaks Spanish and Arabic and loves animals, traveling, basketball and good storytelling. Grethel also attends law school part time.
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