Shooting on Florida’s Turnpike claims the lives of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter – NBC 6 South Florida

Investigators are searching for a shooter after a mother and her four-year-old daughter were shot dead on the Florida Turnpike in Hollywood on Friday evening.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the northbound Turnpike near Mile 49, south of Hollywood Boulevard, before midnight, where they found Beatrice Saintvil and her daughter in a vehicle with gunshot wounds.

Her daughter, whose identity is not yet known, died at the scene of the accident. Paramedics took Saintvil to the hospital, where she later died.

The police did not provide any information about a suspect.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call BSO Homicide Detective Ryan Schnakenberg at 954-321-4247 or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477). There is a reward of up to $5,000 for any Crime Stoppers tip that leads to an arrest in this case.

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