Shooting leaves 2 dead in Allapattah

Police find men shot to death inside car

MIAMI – A shooting left two men dead Thursday night in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood, police said. 

Officer Kiara Delva, a spokeswoman for the Miami Police Department, said the shooting was reported shortly before 8 p.m. in the area of Northwest 14th Avenue and Northwest 35th Street.

The men were inside a car when officers arrived.

Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. 

"At this time, we cannot confirm the circumstances surrounding the shooting," Delva said.

Their identities are being withheld as authorities work to notify their next-of-kin.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Miami Police Department at 305-603-6350 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


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