Miami-Dade County

A driver involved in a crash with two other cars in Brownsville shot himself, police say

A driver crashed into two cars early Tuesday before he ran off and shot himself in Brownsville, police said.
A driver crashed into two cars early Tuesday before he ran off and shot himself in Brownsville, police said. File

A driver involved in a crash with two other cars Tuesday morning ran away and then shot himself, police said.

The incident happened in the area of Northwest 22nd Avenue and 46th Street, just a few minutes away from the Earlington Heights Metrorail station in Brownsville.

One person was injured in the crash and was taken to the hospital in stable condition, according to Miami-Dade police. The driver who ran away from the crash died of suicide, police said.

Detectives are now investigating the crash and the man’s death.

If you or someone you know is thinking about self harm, call the toll-free National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255). It’s available 24/7.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
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
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