Crime

1 killed in West Kendall apartment complex shooting. Police need tips on the gunman

A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a West Kendall apartment complex, police say.
A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a West Kendall apartment complex, police say. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a West Kendall apartment complex, police say.

It happened at an apartment complex near the 14900 block of Southwest 80th Street, just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to Miami-Dade police. The complex is next to Kendall Green Park.

The man had just arrived from running errands, gotten out of his car and was walking to his apartment when the gunman approached him, Miami-Dade police detective Alvaro Zabaleta said during a news conference Wednesday. Police aren’t sure what happened next, but it ended with the man being shot. Investigators think it may have been an armed robbery.

The shooter then left, possibly in a bronze Cadillac SRX made between 2009 and 2016, according to NBC6.

When Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived, they pronounced the man dead from his wounds, police said. Investigators have not identified him.

Anyone with information that can help police with the investigation is asked to contact Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestoppersmiami.com and select “Give a Tip.” You can remain anonymous.

This story was originally published March 24, 2022 at 9:06 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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