Crime

Domestic shooting injures 1, and police surround a Hollywood neighborhood

One person was shot and injured in a Hollywood neighborhood early Thursday, police said.

The shooting happened shortly before 6 a.m. in the 5600 block of Flagler Street, according to Hollywood police.

Helicopter video from several TV news stations shows police cars in the area of 57th Street and Flagler Avenue. Several officers with guns drawn were spotted walking around the neighborhood, according to Miami Herald news partner CBS4.

Officers have learned that the shooting was domestic-related, said Hollywood police spokeswoman Deanna Bettineschi. The person shot has non life-threatening injuries.

Two people were taken into custody in the area earlier in the day, according to CBS4.

Bettineschi said police have identified everyone involved in the domestic violence situation but didn’t say if there were any arrests. She also didn’t say if the two people seen taken into custody is related to the incident.

No other details were immediately available.

This breaking news article will be updated.

This story was originally published April 8, 2021 at 8:42 AM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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