Man found shot dead in car in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, triggering search for gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are investigating an overnight shooting after a man was found dead inside his car in a residential neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale Police units responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the area of Northwest 13th Court, off 15th Avenue, just before 4:25 a.m. on Wednesday.

While canvassing the area, officers located the victim inside a white sedan. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

7News cameras captured the white car with bullet holes on the driver’s side window, as well as bullet casings around the vehicle, as crime scene investigators combed the scene for evidence, took photos and looking in the ground with what appeared to be metal detectors.