Cops looking for three men after shooting in Southwest Miami-Dade mall leaves one hurt
One man was injured and three more were on the run after a fight ended in a shooting early Thursday evening inside Southland Mall in Cutler Bay.
Miami-Dade police said a call came in after 5 p.m. reporting that there was one victim at the mall, 20505 S. Dixie Hwy.
When police arrived they found the wounded man and took him to Jackson South Medical Center. He was in stable condition, police said.
The shooting happened between a Footaction shoe store and Sears, witnesses said. The three men took off running through Sears and disappeared.
One mall employee who was not authorized to speak said the victim was shot once and was alive when medics took him away.
“He was still alive and breathing, but he was breathing heavy,” the employee said.
Lita Copeland, 19, works at the Princess Club, which is in the same corridor as Sears and Footaction. She said she heard one shot while she was cleaning the back of the store.
“We hid in the back for a little bit and ended up going to the front to see what happened,” Copeland said. “Security came, and that’s when we locked up and left.”
By 6 p.m., people were allowed back into the mall, but the corridor where the shooting happened was blocked off with yellow crime scene tape.
Police said they were still looking for the three men involved.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477).
This story was originally published October 24, 2019 at 6:10 PM.
