FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police ordered downtown residents to shelter in place early Friday afternoon while they confronted a man armed “with a possible gun” on a balcony, but said it was not an active shooter incident.
Officers successfully took the man into custody and lifted the shelter in place a little over an hour later.
The drama began to unfold shortly before noon, when police officers began redirecting traffic near the 300 block of Southwest First Avenue, telling drivers to use Broward Boulevard instead.
