12-year-old injured in Homestead shootout. He was airlifted to the hospital, reports say
A 12-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire of a shootout, suffering a gunshot wound in Homestead on Saturday afternoon, reports said.
Around noon, assailants in two cars began shooting at each other in the 400 block of Southwest Eight Ave, NBC 6 reported.
The boy was hit in the exchange of gunfire, and one of the cars involved in the shooting took him about half a mile down the street and dropped him off, Local 10 News reported.
The boy was airlifted to Kendall Regional Trauma Center in critical condition.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez tweeted that officers were searching “diligently for the unscrupulous shooters.”
“Another innocent child shot today [in Homestead] due to senseless gun violence,” Fernandez tweeted.
Police have not released information on the suspects or the condition of the child.
This is a developing story.
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