FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Detectives and crime scene investigators responded to a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex Tuesday afternoon.
An outside wall was marked where neighbors said a bullet struck following a scary shooting that unfolded late in the afternoon, sending neighbors ducking for cover. A child was also possibly involved in the shooting.
Neighbors told Local 10 News they saw a car pull up on the 2300 block of Northwest 8th Court. Then there was a dispute between a woman and another person at 2305 Northwest 8th Court.
Authorities are investigating whether a 12-year-old boy in the car was holding a gun before a woman believed to be his mother took it and then fired off multiple shots.
Officers and detectives swarmed the scene and say one person was taken into custody with the help of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
The bullets seem to have missed the woman’s intended target, but hit another woman in the area who was out on her balcony. Her family identified her as Joanne Willfork Light, 63, and police say she was taken to Broward Health Medical Center where she’s now recovering, her daughter says.
According to police, the person who was taken into custody on Tuesday was questioned and then released.
There are no arrests or charges for this active case that is still under investigation.