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Two hospitalized after Miami Gardens shooting, police say

Miami Gardens police are investigating a shooting that resulted in a car crashing into a tree Thursday night, Nov. 23, 2023.
Miami Gardens police are investigating a shooting that resulted in a car crashing into a tree Thursday night, Nov. 23, 2023. Miami Herald file

Two people were hospitalized after a car crashed into a tree following a shooting in Miami Gardens Thursday night, police said.

One of the men was shot several times, and the other required treatment from injuries he suffered when the car hit the tree, a Miami Gardens police spokesperson said in an email Friday.

The incident happened shortly before 6 p.m. at the 1700 block of Northwest 183rd Street, the spokesperson said.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took one man to the hospital in an ambulance and the other by helicopter, according to police. Their conditions were not immediately available.

Police have not released either man’s name, and the shooting remains under investigation.

This story 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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