Bus Shooting in Florida Leaves 2 Dead and 2 Injured

A gunman fatally shot two folks and wounded two others aboard a public bus in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday afternoon close to town’s Police Headquarters, the authorities stated.

A suspect was taken into custody within the parking zone of the Police Headquarters as paramedics attended to the victims. The 2 individuals who had been wounded had been taken to a hospital after the taking pictures, the police stated on Twitter. One was in vital situation and the opposite was in honest situation, a spokeswoman for Broward Well being Medical Heart in Fort Lauderdale stated.

It was unclear what prompted the taking pictures. After it began, the driving force of the Broward County Transit bus pressured the bus by means of a flip lane after which “barreled by means of” a car that was blocking the bus to get to Police Headquarters, Luis Alvarez, the performing interim chief of the Fort Lauderdale Police Division, stated at a information briefing on Thursday afternoon.

“To get to the entrance of the police station, have that presence of thoughts, just about saved lives,” Chief Alvarez stated, including that the driving force “deserved to be applauded” for minimizing the injury on the street.

Three folks sustained minor accidents from that crash and had been handled on the scene, the police stated.

As soon as the bus arrived on the station, a police officer who was exterior heard gunshots coming from the bus earlier than the gunman got here out and surrendered, Chief Alvarez stated.

Johnny Diaz contributed reporting.