A car was found shot up in Miami. Roads are closed and cops are investigating

A strip of Northwest 79th Street is shut down early Friday morning following a shooting.

A car full of bullet holes was found in front of a 7-Eleven west of Interstate 95 along Northwest Seventh Avenue at 79th Street, according to early reports.

At least one man was taken to Ryder Trauma Center, according to Miami Herald news partner CBS4. His condition is unknown.

Miami Fire Rescue says the call came in around 3 a.m.

It’s believed the shooting happened on North Miami Avenue, according to CBS4. Police have closed 79th Street from Sixth court to Seventh Avenue while they investigate.

The car was towed away around 6 a.m., Local 10 reported.

Drivers are asked to find an alternate route.

This story was originally published August 9, 2019 at 7:19 AM.

Michelle Marchante

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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