Key West police are searching for details of fatal shooting

A 19-year-old Key West man died Tuesday after being found shot in the Bahama Village neighborhood, police said.

Key West police have asked the public for information about the death of Jossue Emmanuel Gomez.

Detectives have not determined whether it was foul play, said police spokeswoman Alyson Crean on Tuesday afternoon.

Police were called just before 3 a.m. after a report that a young man was found bleeding at the intersection of Amelia and Howe streets.

Gomez was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he later died, Crean said.

Police ask anyone with information to call 305-809-1000 or Crime Stoppers at 866-471-8477. Tips to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published June 22, 2021 at 3:52 PM.

Gwen Filosa

Miami Herald

Gwen Filosa covers Key West and the Lower Florida Keys for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald and lives in Key West. She was part of the staff at the New Orleans Times-Picayune that in 2005 won two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. She graduated from Indiana University.