Crime

5 hospitalized after shooting next to Florida Memorial’s campus in Miami Gardens: cops

A quarrel between two people turned into a shooting that left five victims hospitalized Saturday night at a fraternity’s activity center near Florida Memorial University, Miami Gardens police said.

One person has been detained.

The shooting happened around 11:28 p.m. at the Omega Activity Center, named for the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, 15600 NW 42nd Ave. A disagreement between two women moved to the parking lot, police said, where shots were fired.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took five people to area hospitals. Their conditions are unknown.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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