A resident reported hearing gunfire in North Lauderdale and when Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived they found the body of a man who had been shot dead, officials said.

It happened just before 1 a.m. Friday at the Avana Cypress Creek apartment complex in the 1700 block of South State Road 7, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright.

It wasn’t immediately known what happened, but detectives are investigating.

The sheriff’s office asks anyone with information about the fatal shooting is asked to call Detective John Curcio at 954-321-4212.

Anonymous tips can be given to Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 or online at browardcrimestoppers.org.

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