5 people shot at Fort Lauderdale apartment complex
FORT LAUDERDALE - Five people were shot during a confrontation between two groups at an apartment complex on Wednesday evening.
The shooting happened around 8:40 p.m. in the courtyard area behind the Broward Garden apartments at NW 19th Street and NW 29th Avenue, according to police.
As of Thursday afternoon, one person remains in critical condition and two people remain in serious condition. Meanwhile, the other two victims were discharged from the hospital.
"A group of people gathered in the courtyard, a second group of people confronted them as a result gunfire ensued and now we have five people confirmed in the hospital," said Fort Lauderdale Chief of Police Patrick Lynn.
A woman who has lived at the apartment complex for four years said this was the result of an ongoing feud between a group of young men from the complex and a group of young men from another complex.
"I just heard a lot of shooting so I ran outside to get my son. When I ran out everybody was just running all over. And then a couple of guys, like three of them, were running from around the corner. There were like 'Oh, I'm shot, oh I'm shot'. It's scary and I'm just ready to move. This is ridiculous, we can't even let our kids outside and feel safe. Cause every day it's just shooting, you're scared to let your kids outside," she said.
She said one of those shot was a 15-year-old boy who is the son of one of her friends. She said he was shot in the leg and neighbors worked together to try to stop the bleeding before he was taken to the hospital.