Man found shot dead near his car on a Little Havana street, Miami police say

A man was shot and killed early Tuesday on a Miami street, police said.

Officers went to Southwest 12th Avenue and Eighth Street in Little Havana around 3:45 a.m. after getting a ShotSpotter alert, a system that notifies police about gunfire in the area.

Police said they found a man shot dead in the area. Detectives believe the man is in his late 30s. The man was standing outside his car when he got into an argument with someone and was then shot, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Miami Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 305-603-6350. If you want to remain anonymous, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (4877).

This bulletin will be updated.

This story was originally published June 14, 2022 at 7:20 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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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