2 injured during Pompano Beach shooting

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – A person who was inside an Infinity QX30 was among the two injured during a Monday morning shooting in Pompano Beach.

Broward Sheriffs Office deputies responded after 5 a.m. to a shooting along Northwest Fifth Avenue between Eighth and Seventh streets.

According to Gerdy St. Louis, a spokeswoman for BSO, the person who was shot in the car was critically injured and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue personnel took him to the hospital. The other victim was shot in the shoulder and was also hospitalized, Louis said.

Witnesses said they heard about eight shots fired in rapid succession from a machine gun. Detectives are still investigating the shooting, Louis said.


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