Teen hospitalized after shooting in Florida, police say

John McCarthyPosted oninBreaking News, Crime News, National News, Police News

MARGATE — A teenager was hospitalized after a shooting Monday night in the Miami area of Florida, according to police.

Police say a 15-year-old boy was shot near the intersection of Rock Island Road and Forest Boulevard and rushed to Broward General Hospital for surgery.

What led to the boy being shot remains under investigation.

This story may be updated as more information becomes available.

By MILENA MALAVER/Miami Herald

Read more

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.