SWAT officers respond to reports of shooting near Fort Lauderdale strip mall

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ā€“ SWAT officers responded to a strip mall in Fort Lauderdale after police said they received reports of a shooting Thursday afternoon.

According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, it happened around noon near the 3300 block of West Commercial Boulevard.

Adamson said police officers found evidence that a shooting occurred but have not located any victims at this time.

Sky 10 flew over the scene just after 12:15 p.m. where SWAT officers and Fort Lauderdale police were canvassing the area outside of a tattoo and beauty shop.

Officers and SWAT teams surrounded the strip mall, breaking the front glass of a store where a person was reportedly holed up, according to residents.

A Local 10 News crew was right outside the strip mall when a loud bang was heard shortly before police began clearing the scene.

Police said the scene is ā€œno longer active and the flow of traffic on Broward Boulevard is returning to normal.ā€

No other details about the incident were immediately released.

Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to call the FLPD at 954-828-5700.

Local 10 News reporter Alex Finnie contributed to this story.


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