Crime

One dead, two in critical condition after shooting near a funeral home, police say

A shooting in Brownsville left one man dead and two others taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition, Miami-Dade police say.

According to police, a shots fired call at 4:51 p.m. Sunday drew officers to Northwest 53rd Street and 21st Avenue, where they found one man dead inside a car. Two other men lay shot in two different locations nearby.

Miami Herald news partner CBS4’s Ty Russell reported a nearby funeral home’s staff told the funeral director that one of the surviving gunshot victims made it to the door of the funeral home before collapsing — that ended the viewing going on inside.

“We were able to determine that they were all related,” said Miami-Dade Detective Alvaro Zabaleta. “We just don’t know what happened yet.”

This story was originally published November 4, 2019 at 10:14 AM.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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