Lauderhill residents on edge after 2 men stabbed, killed on Tuesday; suspect in custody

One person was taken into custody and remains in jail after Lauderhill police said two men were stabbed and killed on Tuesday morning.

And the deadly double stabbing has left residents in the area on edge.

"Unbelievable right now," one neighbor identified as Stennett said.

Lauderhill police said someone had alerted officers that a man had attempted to attack him and was armed with a knife late Tuesday morning. That officer eventually located a suspect matching the description, but he fled the area.

Police said they established a perimeter and searched the area in the 1700 block of Northwest 55th Avenue, which led to a lockdown at the nearby Boys and Girls Club.

One student told CBS News Miami that the lockdown felt incredible serious to her, and she was scared.

Lauderhill police said that they soon received a 911 call from someone reporting that a man was lying on the ground suffering from stab wounds.

As officers searched the area, they located another man with stab wounds.

One victim was rushed to a hospital and was later pronounced dead, while the second victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Neighbors say one victim lived alone, regularly used wheelchair

Neighbors said one of the victims, a man in his 60's known in the community as "Hot Wheels," lived alone and regularly used a wheelchair.

His wheelchair remained outside his apartment, as neighbors spoke to CBS Miami following the attack.

"Really depressing right now," Stennett said. "He always checked on me, and he's a really good guy."   

The perimeter in the neighborhood was in place for an extended period of time while officers, members of the Broward Sheriff's Office and the Sunrise Police Department searched the area.

The suspect was later located and taken into custody.

Police said that there doesn't appear to be a threat to the public, and the deadly stabbing remains under investigation.