Man killed in shooting outside Pembroke Park laundromat

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. ā€“ Gunfire erupted outside a coin laundry business in Pembroke Park, leaving the building riddled with bullet holes.

A witness told Local 10 News multiple gunmen showed up just before 3 a.m. Sunday and began firing.

It all happened outside of the Swift Coin Laundromat near the intersection of Hallandale Beach Boulevard and 48th Avenue.

After receiving a call regarding a shooting, police responded and found one man who had been shot.

Paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital for treatment, but he later died as a result of his injuries, authorities said.

A witness who did not want to be identified said he was parked at the laundromat when he noticed a group of men wearing all black walking up to the victim, who arrived on a bicycle.

ā€œThey were right next to my door, they were standing by my truck. I could look all of them in the face, they were that close,ā€ the witness said. ā€œI just looked up, and I saw about four or five fellas. They came running up in all black with some Uziā€™s or Mac 10ā€²s or something, and they shot about 100 times.ā€

For several hours, crime scene investigators were spotted taking photos of the scene.

Some appeared to focus on the side parking lot, where several dozen evidence markers were placed.

The assistant manager of the laundromat told Local 10 News she had never experienced something like that, and sheā€™s worked at the business for years.

ā€œNever in 15 years,ā€ said Marie Catherine Jean Louis. ā€œThis was a surprise for me.ā€

While he doesnā€™t know the victim, the witness said he believed the shooters were targeting him.

ā€œYou donā€™t take that many people to kill one person and shoot that many times, unless youā€™re trying to make a statement,ā€ the witness said.


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Trent Kelly is an award-winning multimedia journalist who joined the Local 10 News team in June 2018. Trent is no stranger to Florida. Born in Tampa, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he graduated with honors from the UF College of Journalism and Communications.

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Bridgette Matter joined the Local 10 News team as a reporter in July 2021. Before moving to South Florida, she began her career in South Bend, Indiana and spent six years in Jacksonville as a reporter and weekend anchor.

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