LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating after a shooting victim was found dead following a rollover crash in Lauderdale Lakes on Friday.
BSO spokesperson Gerdy St. Louis said Lauderdale Lakes district deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to a rollover crash call near the 4700 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard.
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According to authorities, when emergency crews arrived, they located a two-vehicle crash involving one fatality.
Investigators later revealed the victim as 49-year-old Joseph Copeland.
Deputies said Copeland was traveling westbound in a 1997 Jeep Wrangler on West Oakland Park Boulevard, approaching the intersection of Northwest 47th Terrace, when the crash occurred.
Upon arrival, paramedics immediately began rendering aid to Copeland; however, he was subsequently pronounced dead at the crash site, authorities said.
According to investigators, the victim was transported to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Detectives said the incident also involved a shooting that occurred at some point prior to the car crash. The case was then transferred to BSO’s Homicide Unit for further investigation.
BSO homicide investigators are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to contact Homicide Unit Detective Louis Bonhomme at 954-321-4377 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.