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Miami Gardens shooting that injured five began as a high school fight, police say

Five people were injured in a shooting that followed a school fight in Miami Gardens on Monday, April 30, 2024, according to authorities.
Five people were injured in a shooting that followed a school fight in Miami Gardens on Monday, April 30, 2024, according to authorities. CBS News Miami

Five people — including two teens — were injured during a shooting Monday that stemmed from a fight at a Miami Gardens high school, according to officials.

The gunfire broke out shortly after 4 p.m. in the 1400 block of Northwest 197th Street, a few blocks from Norland Senior High, Miami Gardens police said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, a group of teens got into an altercation at Norland, 1193 NW 193rd St., according to police. A video obtained by Miami Herald partner CBS News Miami shows people punching each other on school grounds.

After school, one of the teen’s parents went to the home of another high schooler involved in the fight. That’s when an argument broke out among adults, and someone began shooting, injuring several people, police said.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took two teens to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood and three adults to other other hospitals, police said.

“All parties are listed as stable,” police said.

Police have not named the shooter as of Tuesday morning, but said a “person of interest” was detained.

Miami Herald staff writer Omar Rodríguez Ortiz contributed to this report.

This story was originally published April 29, 2024 at 5:13 PM.

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. 
Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald
Omar is a bilingual and bicultural journalist, covering breaking news in South Florida for the Miami Herald. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras.
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