Toddler shot in Miami-Dade's Ives Estates neighborhood, police say

Detectives investigate shooting inside home

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A shooting left a toddler wounded Thursday night in Miami-Dade County's Ives Estates neighborhood, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. 

Miami-Dade police officers were called to what was initially reported as a drive-by shooting at a home in the area of Northeast 14th Avenue and 202nd Street, blocks away from the Madie Ives K-8 Center and the Little Dolphin Day Care Center.

"This senseless gun violence is not acceptable," Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez wrote on Twitter. "All hands-on-deck as we try to solve this heinous crime."

Detective Christopher Thomas said evidence showed the initial report of a drive-by shooting was wrong and that the shooting happened inside the home. Thomas said a neighbor saw a wounded boy and called police. 

Thomas also said the toddler was in stable condition, after the father rushed the child to nearby Aventura Hospital.

The toddler was later transferred to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in stable condition.

Thomas said detectives were speaking with the father, who was being cooperative.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho also reacted on Twitter, saying the news was enraging and infuriating. 

"My heartfelt prayers go out to this child and family," Carvalho wrote. 

Police asked anyone with information about the shooting to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


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Nicole Perez is the the primary co-anchor of Local 10 News at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. She first joined Local 10 in July 2016 as the morning traffic reporter.

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.