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Man Found Dead Near Truck After Shooting in Fort Lauderdale Beach

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as 33-year-old Steven Campbell of Fort Lauderdale.

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Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in Fort Lauderdale Beach late Thursday.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting near the 800 block of Seabreeze Boulevard just before midnight, where they found a man's body lying next to a black pickup truck.

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The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as 33-year-old Steven Campbell of Fort Lauderdale.

Two tourists who were staying at a nearby hotel heard the gunshots and said they called 911 while recording video with a cellphone of the moments just after the shooting.

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The video shows someone running from the scene before a car speeds off.

“I was just thinking, is this real, is this really going on down the way, what happened to this person? Why was he being shot?" witness Mark Pollock said. "It’s just unbelievable, you see a dead person, you know, someone laying on the ground."

Police spent hours at the scene Friday collecting evidence. The incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

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