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Teen shot while sitting in car in Naranja neighborhood, Miami-Dade police say

A teen was shot while sitting in a car Thursday night, Sept. 21, 2023, in a southwest Miami-Dade County neighborhood, police say.
A teen was shot while sitting in a car Thursday night, Sept. 21, 2023, in a southwest Miami-Dade County neighborhood, police say. MH

A teen was shot and wounded while sitting in a car parked in a Naranja neighborhood Thursday night, Miami-Dade police said.

The shooting happened at Southwest 126th Court in the Verde Garden subdivision.

Miami-Dade Detective Luis Sierra said the fire-rescue paramedics flew the teen to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. His condition was not immediately available.

Sierra said police got to the shooting scene around 9:40 p.m. after receiving reports of gunshots fired.

This report will be updated as more information becomes available.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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