BSO investigates fatal shooting of 6-year-old boy in Tamarac

TAMARAC - The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that left a six-year-old boy dead Monday afternoon at a gated community.

BSO got the call around 3:30 p.m. about a shooting at a Sun Vista Gardens condo in the 5600 block of Rock Island Road.

When authorities got there, they found the boy with a fatal self-inflicted wound.

Images from Chopper 4 showed emergency vehicles at the scene.

Yellow tape was put up to keep everyone out. Anxious residents were trying to get home.

A woman was seen inconsolably collapsing into a first responder's arms, as she was placed into a police cruiser.

"We heard the sirens," Carlos Mejia, who had been working nearby, said. "I saw a lady crying with another child. Guns are dangerous, especially when children are around."

It is unclear if the boy was home alone at the time of the shooting.

BSO detectives are sharing this message, "We want to remind the public to secure your firearms. Securing your firearms protects not only children, but adults, and we want to remind them of that."

The investigation is ongoing.