Fort Lauderdale Police Department

Sophie Reeder, a 15-year-old girl who disappeared in 2017, remains missing as Fort Lauderdale police and her family consult a psychic for help. Surveillance footage and clues in her bedroom suggest she did not run away, and Leonard Jennings, a convicted felon, is considered a person of interest.

A woman died after jumping on the hood of a man’s car and falling off during a physical altercation at a Fort Lauderdale hotel. The man stopped his vehicle and called 911, but the woman was critically injured and later died at Broward Health Medical Center. Police are investigating the incident, and her identity remains withheld as authorities work to notify her next of kin.

A man was found dead near a Fort Lauderdale roadway, with police investigating a possible hit-and-run crash. A damaged e-bike was discovered near the scene, and the Traffic Homicide Unit is conducting the investigation.

A man was shot early Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale and rode his scooter to a nearby Walgreens to seek help before police arrived. He was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Surveillance video shows a man fatally shooting 32-year-old Matt Menard outside his Fort Lauderdale home. The victim's father, Philippe Menard, reported prior incidents at their home and described his son as having run with the wrong crowd.

Fort Lauderdale police released surveillance video of a suspect wanted for attacking a mother and her 12-year-old son, who has autism and is nonverbal. The attack occurred around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday near a school bus stop, leaving both injured but hospitalized. A $5,000 reward is offered for information leading to the suspect's arrest.

A man was shot and killed in a parking garage at the Broward County Governmental Center in Fort Lauderdale's downtown entertainment district around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. A gun was recovered, and a person of interest was detained. Authorities are seeking witnesses to the incident.

Two men were arrested in Davie for stealing mail from commercial mailbox clusters using U.S. Postal Service master keys. Authorities found 400 pieces of mail, including debit/credit cards and Treasury checks, along with two USPS keys. The suspects, with extensive criminal histories, were taken into custody after a traffic stop in Fort Lauderdale.

A worker at a Fort Lauderdale food store shot at a man after an argument, with the victim's 1-year-old in the car. Latoya Shanee Friday, 44, faces two aggravated assault charges and is being held on a $30,000 bond.

Fort Lauderdale police arrested Sean Alexis, 40, in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy. Alexis faces charges including hit-and-run involving serious injury and driving with a suspended license; the deputy sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The incident occurred near West Broward Boulevard and Northwest 11th Avenue after Alexis allegedly ran a red light.

The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale hosted its annual 'Eye of the Storm' hurricane readiness workshop, collaborating with organizations like AARP, Red Cross, FPL, and the Fort Lauderdale police department to provide storm-safety tools. 7News meteorologists Phil Ferro and Vivian Gonzalez participated, offering insights on storm tracking.

A Broward County public school teacher, Basil Billings, was arrested and charged with offenses including inappropriate relationship attempts with a student and lewd touching. Billings, a reading teacher at Dillard High School, was placed on administrative reassignment by the school district and ordered to stay away from the victim and schools.