Boardwalk Shooting

[Cooper]

I know several of you attend and report on the strip club Boardwalk in Fort Lauderdale. Were any of you at the club last night? If so, were you aware of this?

 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-shooting-strip-club-20151219-story.html

[+ jeezopete]

Didn’t hear any shots from inside the club, but word spread quickly. The parking lot was the crime scene, so it was roped off with the yellow tape & no cars could leave for over 3 hours. Overheard that it was a dancer who was shot, but I’m an infrequent visitor (from Tampa area) so I didn’t get a lot of details.

[Guest countryboywny]

I was there.

[mikefl81]

What was the scene like? Were the patrons/clients panicking? Think it will impact future turnout?

 

I'm heading down to South Florida for a few days and hope to check out BW again. Will post if I make it there.

[DonaldTramp]

I'm afraid this club won't be around much longer thanks to this incident.

[Poppie]

Boardwalk isn't going anywhere. This was a horrible isolated incident.

[+ jeezopete]

Nope, no panic in the club. In fact, if it hadn't been for the red & blue lights flashing outside the door I wouldn't even have known anything was going on. Only saw 2 or 3 cops come inside for a couple seconds, didn't see them talking to anyone. The investigation was all contained in the parking lot. Main feeling in the club was frustration that we couldn't get our cars out. Didn't want to keep drinking either; wanted to be under my limit when I could finally leave in case some of the cops were still around (and a few were).

[+ purplekow]

Nope, no panic in the club. In fact, if it hadn't been for the red & blue lights flashing outside the door I wouldn't even have known anything was going on. Only saw 2 or 3 cops come inside for a couple seconds, didn't see them talking to anyone. The investigation was all contained in the parking lot. Main feeling in the club was frustration that we couldn't get our cars out. Didn't want to keep drinking either; wanted to be under my limit when I could finally leave in case some of the cops were still around (and a few were).

Were any of them working it? Love a man in uniform

[CHIberia]

Any update on what happened? I hope to God it was a domestic issue and nothing to do with a customer.

[bigvalboy]

Any update on what happened? I hope to God it was a domestic issue and nothing to do with a customer.

 

The official story being circulated by the police is that it was a robbery...It was a dancer that was robbed, not a customer.

[mikefl81]

I was there last night and heard the same thing from several of the dancers. Apparently one of the dancers was in a patron's car and was robbed or attempted to get robbed then was shot. It happened in the back parking lot.

 

I didn't notice any increased security.

[CHIberia]

You know, as safe as the neighborhood is, weird stuff happens like that all the time in Florida. I was nearly carjacked at a nearby grocery store parking lot a couple of years ago by a "pregnant" woman with a dead battery. I told her I would get security to help jump the car, and she quickly hopped in the car, drove off with another car full of men following. Guess her battery spontaneously recharged itself, lol.

 

Anyways, thank goodness everyone is going to be OK