Person detained in Lauderdale Lakes Dunkin' Donuts shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE - A person has been detained in connection to a shooting at a Lauderdale Lakes Dunkin' Donuts Monday morning, according to authorities.
Authorities did not identify the person detained in the shooting that sent one man to the hospital.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, around 8:30 a.m. they received a report of a shooting in the 3900 block of W. Oakland Park Boulevard.
When deputies and fire rescue arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital.
The sheriff's office said the shooting happened in the drive-thru and the person who fired the gun was a Dunkin' employee.
Originally deputies believed the gunman was still inside the business. They cordoned off the area and demanded he come out. After two hours, they went in and found he wasn't there.
People nearby were on edge. "This kind of thing, I don't like it at all. I'm very scared. I'm nervous," one woman said.
The sheriff's office said they know who he is, but don't know what led to the shooting.
"The how, the why, all those questions about what led up to this incident is something that detectives are trying to figure out right now," said sheriff's spokeswoman Miranda Grossman.