Man wounded in drive-by shooting near a Northwest Miami-Dade elementary school

A man was flown to the hospital after being injured in a drive-by shooting early Monday afternoon near a Northwest Miami-Dade elementary school.

Miami-Dade police responded to a shots fired call around 2:05 p.m. near 4710 Northwest 178th Terrace, according to a police spokesman.

When officers arrived — about a mile away from North Glade Elementary School — they found a wounded adult man.

Officers said the man was “alert and conscious.”

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue airlifted the victim to Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.

Police did not release a description of the car or the person responsible for the shooting, and said the investigation is ongoing.

This story was originally published August 3, 2020 at 3:24 PM.

Caroline Ghisolfi

Miami Herald

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Caroline Ghisolfi, from Stanford University, is a local news reporter intern for The Miami Herald. She has worked for The San Francisco Examiner and The Sacramento Bee, covering crime, health, education and local businesses and housing. She is Italian-American and grew up in Milan, Italy.