Man fatally shot in neck on I-95 South near Oakland Park, officials say
FORT LAUDERDALE — A man died at the hospital after an apparent shooting happened along Interstate 95 near Oakland Park on Sunday evening, officials said.
Just before 6:15 p.m., the Broward County Sheriff's Office received a call about the reported shooting on southbound I-95 just north of Oakland Park Boulevard, prompting deputies, the Florida Highway Patrol, Oakland Park Fire Rescue and Fort Lauderdale Police to respond.
According to Oakland Park Fire, the man was taken to the hospital with "a gunshot wound to the neck." He later died at the hospital, BSO said.
Highway camera video shows a large police presence blocking the southbound lanes of I-95 near the off-ramp for Cypress Creek Road, where southbound traffic is currently being diverted.
I-95 South was closed between Cypress Creek and Oakland Park for several hours as officials advised drivers to use Florida's Turnpike, US-441, Powerline Road, Andrews Avenue, Dixie and Federal Highways as alternative routes. I-95 South has since reopened.
At the request of FHP, BSO's Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash as they speak with people who were at the scene at the time of the shooting.
