One person shot dead at a Fort Lauderdale supermarket. Then, someone else was shot nearby
One person was killed and another person was hospitalized in two Christmas Day shootings about 95 minutes apart in time and a half mile apart geographically, Fort Lauderdale police said.
“I do not have any information suggesting the two shootings are related,” Fort Lauderdale police detective Ali Adamson said in a Wednesday night email.
Police are looking for information on the shooters.
READ MORE: Two dead and one injured in a Christmas Day shooting at a Broward IHOP, police say
The person shot around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday was taken from the parking lot of the Presidente Supermarket at 1035 NW Ninth Ave. to Broward Health Medical Center by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Then, at around 12:50 p.m., police found someone shot at Northwest Eighth Street and 10th Terrace who paramedics took to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Anyone who knows anything about either shooting can contact Fort Lauderdale police at 954-828-5700 or Broward Crime Stoppers online or 954-493-8477 (TIPS).
This story was originally published December 25, 2024 at 8:19 PM.
