FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – A quiet afternoon in Fort Lauderdale turned violent as an argument escalated, ending in gunfire, a case of attainable highway rage, in response to Fort Lauderdale Police.
“I was just trying to collect my thoughts, did I really just hear a gunshot, or was it just construction?” puzzled witness Elizabeth Boutet.
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Boutet wasn’t listening to issues. It was, the truth is, a gunshot, all captured on cellphone video.
”I simply see a male laying on the ground, a bunch of individuals crowding round him, and the ambulance and police have been proper on the scene,” stated Boutet.
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A single gunshot left a person, wearing enterprise apparel, sitting smack in the midst of SE 2nd Street, with a tourniquet round his leg.
“He got upset that he took the parking spot or cut him off and went to attack the guy and shot in self-defense,” stated Boutet who defined that the shooter was the one who was attacked. “He was being submissive and apologizing and he kept going at him and he shot him in self-defense.”
The man who reportedly fired the shot was cuffed and escorted to a ready police cruiser.
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Fort Lauderdale Police say the accused shooter is cooperating and isn’t underneath arrest because the investigation continues.