16-year-old injured in drive-by shooting in Miami Gardens

Shooter flees in white car, police say

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. ā€“ A 16-year-old was injured Monday night in a drive-by shooting in Miami Gardens, authorities said.

Miami Gardens police spokeswoman Petula Burks said the Kevontae Clarke,17, was walking with a friend, Kyjuan Boothe, 16, about 10:45 p.m. in the area of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 182nd Street when a white car drove by and someone inside fired several shots.

Surveillance video from a Valero gas station captured the shooting. The two friends took off running, one of them stumbling as they try to get away.

The video also shows people on the other side of the gas station trying to take cover once they heard the gunshots.

Burks said the 16-year-old was struck and was taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle. The teen suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

No other details were immediately released about the victim.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho condemned the shooting on Twitter, posting: "Cowardly gun violence claims its latest victim with teenager wounded in overnight shooting. Please break the murderous code of silence.

"Community apathy and silence must be replaced with courageous resolve or senseless community gun violence will continue to go unchecked."

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Miami Gardens police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


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