With gun hidden in engine, did a burning car just shoot a man in the leg?

Did a car shoot a man?

Miami police say it’s a possibility.

This is what police say they know so far:

The incident started with two people in Allapattah. They fired guns at each other around 3:56 a.m. Tuesday in the 2000 block of Northwest 24th Street.

Why they were shooting at each other is unknown. Also unknown is why someone thought it a good idea to hide a gun under the hood of a car.

“The vehicle caught fire and the weapon started discharging rounds,” Miami police spokesman Michael Vega wrote in an email.

A man was shot in the leg and Miami Fire Rescue took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Whether he was hit in the original gunfight or when the car started spitting bullets remains unknown.

This story was originally published April 30, 2019 at 10:22 AM.