Man found shot dead in car outside parents’ Fort Lauderdale home; victim’s father speaks out amid search for gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was found shot to death inside his car in a residential Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, police said, leaving his family devastated and triggering a search for the gunman responsible, as many questions remain unanswered.

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

While canvassing the area, officers located the victim in the driver’s seat of a white sedan parked outside of his parents’ home. located just east of Interstate 95, blocks away from Sunrise Boulevard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hours later, the man’s father, Philipp Menard, identified him as 32-year-old Mike Menard.