Man arrested in Lauderhill parking lot shooting that injured 9-year-old – NBC 6 South Florida

A man has been arrested in connection with a Memorial Day shooting in a Lauderhill shopping center parking lot that left a 9-year-old child hospitalized with a stray bullet, police said.

Jeremy Lockhart, 53, faces a charge of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon in the Monday morning shooting, Lauderhill police officials said.

The shooting happened around 10:45 a.m. in the parking lot in the 1500 block of North State Road 7.

Police say there was some sort of altercation that led to several people shooting.

A customer told NBC6 she heard two people fighting for a parking space when someone pulled out a gun and started shooting, hitting the child.

The 9-year-old boy, whose family was not involved in the altercation, was struck in the ankle by a stray bullet, police said.

The boy was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale and released later Monday.

“I ran back and left the buggy there and grabbed my son and as I was grabbing him he said, 'Mom, I got shot in the ankle,'” mother Taraneisha Jackson told NBC6. “I’m just devastated.”

Investigators believe three vehicles were involved, including a white Toyota Prius, a white Chevrolet SUV and a black Chevrolet SUV.

The woman driving the black Chevrolet returned to the scene and cooperated with detectives.

Lockhart was identified as the driver of the white Chevrolet SUV, police said.

Lockhart, who also faces a parole violation charge, was booked into a Broward County jail where he remained held without bond Tuesday, records show.

Officials said detectives were still trying to track down the occupant of the Prius and determine how many people involved discharged a firearm, resulting in the child being shot.