Police are investigating after they say a man was found shot and unconscious in front of a grocery store in Overtown.
The man, who is in his 40s, collapsed in front of a corner store on Northwest 12th Street and First Place, according to Miami police. He was found shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday.
Investigators believe he was shot elsewhere and went to the store looking for help, said Ofc. Michael Vega, spokesman for Miami police.
He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition and is undergoing surgery, Vega said.
No other information was immediately available.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call police.
This article will be updated once more information becomes available.
This story was originally published January 2, 2020 at 7:49 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
