Police: 4 injured during shooting in Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Four were injured during a shooting on Friday night in Fort Lauderdale, police said. A witness said it all started with a game of dominoes.

Detectives were investigating the shooting at about 11 p.m., in the area of Northwest 19 Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

“It appears it may have started as an altercation between two parties,” Casey Liening, a spokesperson for the department, wrote in an e-mail adding that the investigation was ongoing on Saturday.

Ashraf Hanna, who works at a convenience store steps away from where the fight happened, said he heard the “noisy” shooting that hurt “some innocent” people.

“I saw a guy holding his hand here in the parking lot. He is an older guy, a retired guy. He was playing dominoes with his friends,” Hanna said about one of the injured.

Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.

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