Boca Raton police are investigating a shooting at 365 Ocean, a boutique extended-stay hotel on State Road A1A directly across from the entrance to the South Beach Park parking lot. Two people were killed and a third injured in the shooting. Coastal Star staff photos
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A shooting in the parking lot of an extended stay hotel across from Boca Raton’s South Beach Park left two people dead and another injured Friday afternoon, police say.
The shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m. at 365Ocean, Boca Raton police spokeswoman Jessica Desir said. It remains unknown whether the shooter is in custody.
“It appears there was some type of dispute in the parking lot of 365 N. Ocean Blvd., which is an extended-stay hotel,” Desir posted on the department’s account on X, formerly Twitter. “The suspect left the area and investigators are following up.”
Desir, on the scene, told reporters that the dead were a man and a woman. Another man was transported to the hospital, she said.
Police closed off a section of A1A – also known as North Ocean Boulevard – from about the 800 block south to Palmetto Park Road. That portion of A1A is expected to be closed for some time Friday night.
After the shooting, the heaviest police presence was directly across from the entrance to the South Beach Park parking lot. Police were gathered at the corner of A1A and Northeast Fourth Street, next to 365 Ocean, which describes itself as a boutique extended-stay hotel.
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Boca Raton police at the scene of a shooting at the 365 Ocean boutique hotel on State Road A1A across the street from the entrance to the South Beach Park parking lot. Two people were killed and a third injured in the Sept. 20 incident at the hotel, a few blocks north of Palmetto Park Road.
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