Miami Gardens - Opa-locka

Body reportedly found near Miami Gardens elementary school. Police are investigating

A shooting investigation is underway after a body was reportedly found near an elementary school in Miami Gardens.

Miami Gardens police taped off the area by Northwest 19th Avenue and 152nd Terrace early Tuesday.

The area is only a few blocks away from Interstate 95 and is only a few minutes walk away from Rainbow Park Elementary School, 15355 NW 18th Ave. in Opa-locka.

Police did not disclose any additional information about the investigation, including the victim’s identity and if there were any suspects in custody.

Local 10 reports that the victim’s body was found in the middle of the road.

Anyone with information on the shooting should call police.

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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