A 16-year-old boy has died after a shooting at a home in Wilton Manors Monday afternoon, police said.
Officers with Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale Police responded after 2:30 p.m. to a multi-family residential unit in the 400 block of Northwest 25th Street, where they found the victim.
The teen, identified as Christopher Granados, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Granados was a student at Fort Lauderdale High School.
Police said the shooting was contained to the residence and there was no threat to the community.
A neighbor told NBC6 she saw several teens running out of the house, screaming and crying shortly after the shooting.
It’s unclear if there were any adults inside the home at the time of the shooting.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting. There was no word on whether anyone was taken into custody.
Further information was not available.
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