Four shot and one dead in an ambush-style shooting in Northwest Miami-Dade, cops say
Three people were shot and critically wounded and a fourth was killed in an ambush-style shooting in Northwest Miami-Dade late Wednesday afternoon, according to Miami-Dade police.
A group of men pulled up in two newer model sedans — one black and one white — in the area of Northwest 99th Street and 21st Court, just after 4 p.m., according to police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta. The men then jumped out of the cars and ran over to the victims, who were on foot, and began shooting. After a barrage of gunshots, he added, the men ran back to their sedans and drove off.
The white sedan headed east on 100th street; the black one headed west.
“They were clearly targeted,” Zabaleta said. “This occurred at 4:12 in the afternoon and there were multiple rounds fired and we could have had more people that had nothing to do with this become victims of the gun violence.”
On Thursday, police named Troyvon Smith, 26, as the man who was shot and killed.
According to Zabaleta, officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found three wounded men on the street. Smith died at the scene, and two others were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition. A fourth man was dropped off at a nearby hospital and then transferred to Ryder Trauma. He remains in critical condition, Zabaleta said.
Police did not identify the three other men who were shot, but said all four victims were between the ages of 20 and 26.
No other information was immediately available.
Miami Herald Reporter Devoun Cetoute contributed to this report.
This story was originally published February 16, 2022 at 5:06 PM.
