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Man dead, another hurt in shooting in Belle Glade

Victim taken to hospital in critical condition
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Posted at 8:05 PM, May 23, 2023
and last updated 2023-05-23 22:29:22-04

BELLE GLADE, Fla. — One man died and another was critically injured in a shooting Tuesday night in Belle Glade, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

At 6:25 p.m., Deputies were dispatched to a shooting at the intersection of Southwest Fourth Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard, spokesman Teri Barber said in a news release.

Deputies found two adult men with gunshot wounds.

They were taken by two Trauma Hawks to a trauma center, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said in an inquiry.

One of them died.
 
Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division are on the scene investigating this double shooting as a homicide.

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