Crime

Man hospitalized after being shot, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office says

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a shooting that happened in the West Little River area on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a shooting that happened in the West Little River area on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A man was hospitalized after he was found shot in the West Little River section of Miami-Dade County on Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies received reports of shots fired shortly before 2:30 p.m. in the area of Northwest 90th Street and 27th Avenue, according to the sheriff’s office.

They found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound, said Detective Joseph Peguero Rivera, a sheriff’s office spokesman.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedics took him to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. His condition was not immediately available.

Deputies are looking for the shooter, who ran away, Peguero Rivera said.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published May 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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