Miami-Dade County

Miami stabbing kills one woman, injures another, police say. A relative is detained

Miami police are investigating a stabbing that left one woman dead and another injured Tuesday night.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m., police received a call of people stabbed in the 2300 block of Southwest 26th Street, police said.

Officers found two stabbed women and a man whom police thought to be mentally ill. One of the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

The man, who hasn’t been identified, was detained. Police believe the two victims and man are related.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated when more information is available.

This story was originally published October 27, 2020 at 11:04 PM.

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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