A man, in his early 20s, was pronounced dead at North Broward Medical Center after shooting himself in the head during a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, according to Margate Police.
It started around 4 p.m. on Friday in a house on the 6800 block of Northwest 12th Street. He was pronounced dead by 6 p.m., police said.
While two officers talked with the girlfriend down the street, her boyfriend came out of his grandmother's house where he lived and fired "at least two shots" at one of the officers who was driving up the street, Lt. Andy Zetteck said.
"The boyfriend then walked into the driveway and apparently turned the gun on himself," Zetteck said. "No other persons were hurt. The officer was not injured."
This was not the first time police had been called that address for domestic violence, he said.
The identities of the boyfriend and girlfriend were being withheld Friday night.
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