“A tragic incident occurred at today’s Stonewall event. The parade was canceled, but other festival events were to continue, organizers said. He shared photos of it with Local 10 News, saying. He also appeared to be wearing a Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus shirt.ĭaniel Squillace owns the garden store where the pickup truck ultimately ended up. Video obtained by Local 10 News shows a man being checked by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials and telling people in the crowd that he was OK. Trantalis said a third person was injured but in stable condition. Luckily they missed that person, but unfortunately, they hit two other people.” It was deliberate, it was premeditated, and it was targeted against a specific person. “This is a terrorist attack against the LGBT community,” Trantalis told Local 10 News. He said shortly after the crash that he believed it was a deliberate attempted attack of the Democratic congresswoman. (WPLG)įort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was at the parade, said the truck missed Wasserman Schultz’s car “by inches” before crashing through a gate and into a plant nursery. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was participating in the Pride parade in Wilton Manors on Saturday night when a man in a white pickup truck drove into two people. May the memory of the life lost be for a blessing.” I am so heartbroken by what took place at this celebration. We’re praying for the victims and their loved ones as law enforcement investigates and I am providing them with whatever assistance I can. I want to thank our first responders for their heroic efforts as both police and emergency medical personnel stepped into action quickly. “My staff, volunteers and I are, thankfully, safe. “I am deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost and others seriously injured at tonight’s Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade,” Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was in a convertible participating in the parade. The other victim is expected to survive, Adamson said. The FBI was joining the investigation Saturday night.įirst responders rushed in to help the victims, who were taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead.
WILTON MANORS GAY PRIDE PARADE DRIVER
Ali Adamson would only say that they are talking to the driver as they continue their investigation. Witnesses said the driver could be heard telling police it was an accident.Īsked if the driver was being charged, or if he might have been under the influence, Fort Lauderdale Police Det. WATCH A REPLAY OF FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE NEWS CONFERENCE: We anticipate more details to follow and ask for the community’s love and support.” To my knowledge, this was not an attack on the LGBTQ community. “Our fellow Chorus members were those injured and the driver was also a part of the Chorus family. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic accident that occurred when the Stonewall Pride Parade was just getting started,” Knight said in a statement. Justin Knight, the chorus’ president, said through a spokesman that chorus members were the ones injured and that the driver was “part of the Chorus family.” He was wearing a Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus t-shirt. Police took the man who was driving the truck into custody and were questioning him. on Wilton Drive near 16th Street, as Local 10 News reporter Christian De La Rosa witnessed. The white pickup truck was lined up with other floats when it accelerated and ran over two men standing by to take part in the parade around 7 p.m. – One man was killed and another injured when they were run over by a pickup truck as the Stonewall Pride Parade in Wilton Manors was just getting started Saturday night. 2 hit by truck, 1 killed at Pride parade in Wilton Manors Driver and victims were part of Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus