FORT LAUDERDALE – A possible kidnapping led to a large police investigation, that involved a SWAT team, at a Fort Lauderdale complex overnight.
According to police, around 9:30 p.m. Thursday they received a call about a man claiming he needed help. They said officers made contact with him in the area of NE 18 Street and “obtained information that he had possibly been carjacked and kidnapped at gunpoint.”
The man was taken to a hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.
A short time later, during their search for a suspect, police and the SWAT team descended on an apartment complex in the 1100 block of NE 18 Street.
The police presence, which lasted for hours, kept several people out of their homes. Several neighbors said they heard officers trying to get someone to come out of one of the apartments with their hands up. Others said they were shocked by what was taking place.