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Man, 19, shot in head at Fort Lauderdale beach

Police are investigating a shooting that happened in a parking lot at Fort Lauderdale beach late Wednesday night and sent a man to the hospital.

The preliminary police investigation found that a man was discovered wounded in the parking lot at 400 Seabreeze Blvd. shortly after 11 p.m., and he was in critical condition, Det. Tracy Figone said Thursday.

A fire department spokesman said the agency took a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to Broward Health Medical Center.

Suspects and a possible motive were not known, Figone said.

The shooting happened just south of East Las Olas Boulevard, in the parking lot along A1A.