Crime

Man killed girlfriend before shooting self in apparent murder-suicide, MDSO says

Scene of the car crash after a man, suspected of shooting a woman to death, turned the gun on himself near Southwest 107th Avenue and Third Street
Scene of the car crash after a man, suspected of shooting a woman to death, turned the gun on himself near Southwest 107th Avenue and Third Street David Goodhue

A man shot his girlfriend — then turned the gun on himself — in a suspected murder-suicide that began with gunfire and ended with a car crash in Miami-Dade, deputies say.

Deputies found 29-year-old Ana Beatriz Santo Rodriguez outside a home near the 1000 block of Northwest 127th Path in the Tamiami area Friday, according to police detective Joseph Peguero Rivera. She was already dead.

About three miles away, 48-year-old Liev Canals shot himself after a multi-car crash near Southwest 107th Avenue and Third Street, close to Florida International University, Peguero Rivera said. Canals was driving a black SUV at the time of the crash.

READ MORE: A man and woman are dead in shooting and crash in West Miami-Dade, deputies say

Heavy police presence outside a home on the 1000 block of Northwest 127th Path in the Tamiami area where a woman was found dead on Friday morning.
Heavy police presence outside a home on the 1000 block of Northwest 127th Path in the Tamiami area where a woman was found dead on Friday morning. David Goodhue

Canals was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Another person injured in the crash was transported to the hospital in stable condition, deputies say.

Grethel Aguila
Miami Herald
Grethel covers courts and the criminal justice system for the Miami Herald. She graduated from the University of Florida (Go Gators!), speaks Spanish and Arabic and loves animals, traveling, basketball and good storytelling. Grethel also attends law school part time.
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