Crime

39-year-old man shot and killed near downtown Miami, police say

One person died after shots were fired in Northwest Miami on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, police said.
One person died after shots were fired in Northwest Miami on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, police said. Miami Police Department

Several streets are shut down after a 39-year-old man was shot and killed in Overtown on Wednesday morning, Miami police said.

The shooting happened around 10:49 a.m. in the area of Northwest Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street, Miami police said in an email. He died on the scene.

No one had been arrested as of Thursday morning, according to Officer Michael Vega, a police spokesman.

This article will be updated when more information is available..

This story was originally published January 3, 2024 at 1:02 PM.

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald
Omar is a bilingual and bicultural journalist, covering breaking news in South Florida for the Miami Herald. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras.
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