LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Two men were killed and a third man was injured Sunday night in a shooting in the parking lot of the Lauderhill Mall, police said.
Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago said an officer working nearby heard the gunshots shortly before 10 p.m. and found one of the men wounded in the parking lot.
Paramedics arrived a short time later and found a second victim.
Both victims were taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead. They were identified as Lawrence Hall, 32, and Omarie Stephens, 33.
A third victim drove himself to Plantation General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was expected to survive, but his identity hasn't been released.
Dozens of yellow police markers could be seen in the parking lot of the mall, which remained closed Monday morning.
Hundreds of people were gathered outside the mall at the time of the shooting.
"The moments shots rang out, everybody starts to scatter," Santiago said.
Santiago said there was an exchange of gunfire between the victims and the shooter that was precipitated by some sort of fight, the details of which were not immediately known.
"We do know that there was an altercation," Santiago said. "We're just trying to put the pieces together right now."
Santiago said the crowd gathered in the parking lot after a car show at the Central Broward Regional Park had concluded.
"There were a lot of people here -- a lot of people here," Santiago said. "Somebody saw something."