Fatal Davie police-involved shooting under investigation
FORT LAUDERDALE - A fatal shooting involving a Davie police officer prompted a large investigation early Friday morning.
It happened overnight at a home in the area of SW 24th Street and SW 145th Avenue after a medical call for a resident prompted first responders to go there.
Police said an adult male confronted officers and then shots were fired and the subject was struck. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
The name of the dead man is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
Neighbors said they heard the sound of gunfire around midnight.
A woman who lives across the street from the house said police sirens woke her up.
"The police and fire rescue were already there," she said.
The woman said she went outside to see if her neighbors were okay.
"My daughter heard them saying 'don't move, don't move'. Right behind that, that's when we heard the gun shooting. Everybody just fell to the floor, everybody just fell, everybody was screaming in the house to the floor because we knew it was directly in front of our house," she said.
The woman the neighbor has only ever been nice to her and helped her take out the trash.
"He's my neighbor and we have to be concerned about one another here, and then, to what some gun shooting and stuff like that. Like I said, he's a very nice guy," she said.
Davie police said no officers were injured and the person shot was taken to the hospital. That person, who was the patient on the original medical call, was released from the hospital later Saturday, Davie Police stated in an updated press release. Additionally, there were children inside and they did not witness the shooting.
"It's very unfortunate that these things happen. I wish we knew more, it's a very nice neighborhood, it's very curious," said Rae Campbell, who lives in the neighborhood.
"It's very, very quiet back here. We've never had a problem like this, it's really new to us, something like this, I'm really interested in what's going on right now," said David Omlo.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the shooting. Davie Police stated evening that the three officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation.
There was a second unrelated shooting overnight in the town.
According to police, a fight outside of a hookah lounge on SR 84 at SW 83rd Avenue led to shots being fired in the parking lot.
No one was hit. Police have no one in custody in connection with this shooting.
