3-year-old killed in a shooting at a kid’s birthday party in Northeast Miami-Dade
A Saturday night double shooting at a child’s birthday party in Northeast Miami-Dade left a preschool-aged boy dead and a 21-year-old woman in the hospital, police say.
Elijah LaFrance was only 3 years old.
Miami-Dade police didn’t release information on the shooter.
The party was being held at the second house east of Miami Avenue on Northeast 158th Street. Police said an 8 p.m. ShotSpotter alert summoned them to the home, saw the boy who had been shot and hustled him to a hospital, where he died.
Meanwhile, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived and took the woman to Aventura Hospital, where she’s in stable condition.
Police say the home was being used as a “short-term rental.”
Anyone who knows anything about this tragedy can call Miami-Dade police’s homicide section at 305-471-2400; Crime Stoppers of Miami, 305-471-8477 (TIPS) or send information via the Crime Stoppers website.
Police were initially offering a reward of up to $5,000 for tips leading to the shooter’s arrest, but as of April 27 it was raised to $25,000.
This story was originally published April 25, 2021 at 8:04 AM.
