New Year’s Eve shooting at Fort Lauderdale Beach Place, cops say. A teen is dead
There was a New Year’s Eve shooting in the Fort Lauderdale beach area, according to Fort Lauderdale police, and social media said the shooting killed a 17-year-old.
Police said the shooting happened at Beach Place, 17 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. and sent one person to a hospital. By Thursday morning, Facebook and Instagram posts had identified the victim as Somerset Academy student Joshua Gipson Jr.
Along with 16-year-old Orlando Wedderburn, that means at least two teenagers were shot to death Wednesday night in Broward County.
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Anyone with information on this can reach out to Fort Lauderdale police at 954-764-4357 (HELP) or Broward Crime Stoppers, either online or at 954-493-8477 (TIPS).
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