A man was grazed by a bullet during a shooting in North Lauderdale, and the shooter remains at large, according to officials. The incident adds to a string of gun violence that has rattled the small Broward County community in recent months.
Details of the shooting remain limited, but as reported by CBS News Miami, the victim suffered a graze wound and the gunman fled before authorities could make an arrest. Because North Lauderdale contracts its municipal law enforcement services through the Broward Sheriff's Office rather than maintaining its own police department, deputies from BSO District 15 hold primary responsibility for investigating the shooting and tracking down the shooter, per local context on the city's policing structure.
A City With a Recurring Problem
This is not the first time gunfire has interrupted daily life in North Lauderdale this year. Hoodline previously reported on a late-night Mustang shooting in May that left one person dead and another injured, and a fatal shooting in March along Harbour Road that Local 10 News reported was investigated by BSO homicide detectives after a man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. In April 2025, a double shooting outside a shopping plaza on Southwest 81st Avenue left one man dead and another hospitalized while the gunman fled the scene, according to WSVN 7News.
Just weeks before the latest incident, Broward authorities finalized the arrest of five suspects charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a May 2026 ambush shooting on the 7900 block of Southwest 7th Court that killed one person, a case detailed by Local 10 News. That investigation stretched across Broward and Jefferson counties before the fifth suspect was extradited back to Broward County in August.
Past Encounters Have Turned Deadly for Deputies
North Lauderdale has also seen violence turn against the deputies sent to respond to it. In July 2022, a Broward Sheriff's deputy was grazed in the head by a bullet after a suspect opened fire during a response to a domestic dispute, according to CBS News. Deputies returned fire in that encounter, fatally striking the shooter.
If investigators identify and arrest a suspect in the latest shooting, the case would fall under Florida's strict firearm sentencing laws. Florida Statute § 775.087, known as the 10-20-Life law, mandates a 20-year minimum prison sentence for discharging a firearm during a qualifying felony, rising to 25 years to life if the discharge causes injury or death, according to the Florida Senate. Separately, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon is classified as a second-degree felony under Florida Statute § 784.045, carrying a potential sentence of up to 15 years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000, per Online Sunshine.
Trauma Care and the Search for Tips
Gunshot victims in northern Broward County, including those from North Lauderdale, are frequently transported to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, an adult Level II trauma center with a 53-bed emergency department and dedicated trauma bays, according to Broward Health. It is unclear whether the man grazed in this shooting was taken there, and officials have not released his condition, the exact location or time of the shooting, or any description of the shooter or a getaway vehicle.
With the gunman still unaccounted for, Broward Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest, a standing incentive the organization extends for felony shootings across the county. BSO District 15 also runs community policing units and youth programs in North Lauderdale, part of an ongoing effort to build trust with residents even as the neighborhood continues to grapple with repeated gun violence.
