Florida Shooters Network

Plantation police are investigating a Saturday afternoon shooting involving two men on a Broward County Transit bus in the city, officials said.

The shooting occurred near Broward Boulevard and Nob Hill Road, Plantation Police Det. Philip Toman said.

There were about 10 people on the bus at the time of the shooting, but no other passengers were reported injured, based on information from a bus supervisor dispatched to the scene, said Broward County Transit communications manager Gwen Belton.

The victim was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Toman said. His condition is unknown, Toman said.

A perimeter was set up and a search begun for the suspect, who got off the bus and ran away, Toman said. The search involved several police agencies and was still going on Saturday evening, he said.

The suspect was described as a black male, about 5-foot-2-inches with a stocky build, in his late 20s to early 30s. He was last seen wearing a black Reebok shirt with white T-shirt underneath and frayed jean shorts, police said. The suspect also had a backpack and a lanyard-type necklace.

The Route 22 bus was heading east on Broward Boulevard between Hiatus and Nob Hill roads at the time of the shooting, Belton said. The route goes from the Sawgrass Mills mall to the main bus terminal in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

tector wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:00 pm https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Vid ... 87751.html

Looks like a SD shoot, but I am guessing the shooter could not lawfully possess a gun.

6/24/17

Should a convicted felon have the right to stand his ground?

The Florida Supreme Court is set to decide whether convicted felons have the right to “stand your ground” under Florida law. In Florida, felons aren’t legally allowed to possess firearms. So if a felon uses a firearm in his own defense under “stand your ground”, does he still have the same protection a non-felon does under the law? Part of the “stand your ground law” says the following:

A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

Technically a felon being in possession of a firearm can be construed as engaging in unlawful activity, which would exempt felons using firearms from the law’s protection. Right now two of the five appellate courts are split on the issue, with the Fourth DCA holding that felons aren’t entitled to claim “stand your ground”. The Second DCA held that because the “stand your ground” law is written in separate sections, with the “not engaged in an unlawful activity” portion being in another section, a felon can claim immunity under a separate portion of the law.

What will be interesting to see is whether the Florida Supreme Court sides with the Second DCA or the Fourth. The Second DCA’s opinion is more well-reasoned, and actually parses the “stand your ground” statutes quite well, so it’s my guess that the Florida Supreme Court will ultimately say that felons will be able to stand their ground.