WILTON MANORS, Fla. — A suspect fled from a Wilton Manors shopping center Friday morning after shooting a woman in the leg, police confirmed.
The shooting was reported at about 5:15 a.m. at the Palm Gardens shopping center off North Andrews Avenue and Northeast 26th Drive.
Surveillance video shows a group of people scrambling and running for cover after the shooting.
Local 10’s Michaila Hightower was at the scene as a man was detained and placed in the back of a patrol car, but police said the suspect they are looking for fled the scene in a white, four-door vehicle.
What appeared to be blood and pieces of clothing could be seen on the ground in the shopping center after the shooting.
Dwayne Lewis, who witnessed the shooting, told Hightower that a woman had been shot in the leg, which was later confirmed by police.
“The victim -- she was lying right next to me. She was bleeding out,” he said.
Lewis said he was waiting at a nearby bus stop when the shooting occurred.
“From the car, I probably heard about three or four (gunshots),” he said.
Lewis said there appeared to be a fight in the shopping center before the shooting.
“They were just arguing and I heard a woman say, ‘Baby, no; baby, no.’ Then he just let off some shots,” Lewis said. “Then the two he was shooting at just ran inside the little office area there -- the tax office. The shooter turned around and went away to his car.”
In addition to the blood-stained concrete, a bullet hole was also spotted in the driver’s-side window of a Honda Accord.
“All she said was, ‘Please call the ambulance.’ She was talking to a girl,” Lewis said.
Despite being shot in the leg, Lewis said the victim was calm and alert after the shooting.
Police said officers rendered aid to the victim at the scene before Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue medics transported her to Broward Health Medical Center.
The suspect’s identity has not been released and it’s unclear whether police know who they are looking for.
Anyone with information about the shooting or suspect is asked to call the Wilton Manors Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
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