Video shows shooting outside Lauderhill apartments that injured 2 teens; marchers decry gun violence

Newly published surveillance video captured moments of panic when a man pointed a gun on a playground in Lauderhill and opened fire sending two teenage boys to the hospital leading police to make an arrest and prompting a concerned public to take a stand against rising crime in their city The shield footage shows a man firing a barrage of bullets outside an apartment complex along the block of Northwest rd Terrace Wednesday afternoon According to Lauderhill Police the shooter is now behind bars Thirty-three-year-old Kurt Cranston was arrested on Friday and is facing two charges of attempted murder Skyforce captured blood splattered on the pavement not long after the matter as well as a handgun on the grass Detectives mentioned Cranston was targeting a - and -year-old in the playground The surveillance video shows the suspect walking with the gun under his armpit and then suddenly ambushing the casualties Paramedics transported both teens to Broward Medical Health Center with gunshot wounds where they remain News spoke to the grandmother of the older boy as well as a family friend who appealed not to show her face on camera It happened on the last week of school stated the grandmother I just came to give my moral advocacy stated the family friend Loved ones are left wondering why this happened in the first place but area residents reported this neighborhood has changed considerably in the last years Very disturbing revealed Ms V a local activist You come home and you see this and you wonder what the heck is going on and something like that disclosed area resident Herbert Waters You got helicopters you got polices polices undercovers and you re like What in the world is going on I m a citizen and as a citizen I don t want this in my neighborhood The region is now taking matters into their own hands On Saturday people walked together from the Lauderhill Police Station to City Hall We re walking for the future of our children commented Lauderhill Mayor Denise Grant Participants revealed they hope to bring unity instead of violence in their streets There has been an uptick of crime in the city and what we re trying to do is come together collectively to walk in unity disclosed Grant We re saying that not in our city anymore We re taking a stand