LAUDERHILL – Two women were hospitalized after a shooting during a Jamaican Independence Day celebration in Lauderhill.
It happened around 2 a.m. in the back of Lallo’s Restaurant, 1400 N State Road 7, where a stage is set up and live music often plays.
According to Lauderhill police, when officers arrived, they encountered a crowd of people leaving the building. They were told that a woman with a gunshot wound had been brought to the emergency room at HCA Florida Plantation by a friend. Police said the injury was not life-threatening and the woman was stable.
A second woman, who suffered a minor injury not caused by the shooting, was also taken to the emergency room at HCA Florida Plantation by a friend.
Investigators are trying to determine what led to the shooting. Police said they have not arrested anyone at this time.