Father and 11-year-old daughter wounded in Hallandale Beach parking lot shooting
A father and his 11-year-old daughter were shot while waiting for McDonald’s food in Hallandale Beach. Police say the parking-lot gunfire may have been an ambush tied to an earlier confrontation.
Gunfire in the parking lot of the McDonald’s at 835 West Hallandale Beach Boulevard left a father and his 11-year-old daughter wounded after they sat in a car waiting for food while the child’s mother went inside the restaurant. The shooting happened in a busy commercial corridor that fills with families, drivers and customers throughout the day.
The father and daughter were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, but the girl needed surgery. The violence appeared to be an attempted ambush of a specific person at the restaurant. In the early stages of the investigation, officers also said one of the people involved may have been a McDonald’s employee, raising the possibility that the shooting grew out of a workplace or personal dispute.
By about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, police had taped off the restaurant area as detectives worked the scene. Investigators found a visible crime-scene footprint in the lot, including bullet holes in a black SUV and evidence markers scattered across the pavement. Gunfire was exchanged after the suspected target arrived, and the child required surgery after being brought to the hospital.
The restaurant has since closed. Hallandale Beach police have not released a description of the shooter, and no arrests had been made.
The department asked anyone with information to contact Hallandale Beach police or Crime Stoppers.
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