Police identify man killed outside Aventura gym

Detectives are looking for white Mercedes hatchback

AVENTURA, Fla. ā€“ The Aventura Police Department SaturdayĀ identified the man killed in a shooting outside an LA Fitness gym.

Police said Omar Darwish, 18, was fatally wounded just before 11:30 p.m. Friday in the gym's parking lot in the 3400 block of Northeast 207th Street.

DarwishĀ was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

One resident described the intense moments when AventuraĀ Police responded to the shooting.

"We could hear the police cars just racing down country club drive and turning in here. Ā There must have been twenty of them," neighbor Susan Miller said. "It is concerning, but Aventura has always been really safe."

A friend of Darwish, who did not want to be identified, said he talked to Darwish before he was killed. The friend said DarwishĀ may have met up with the wrong people.

"He said he was going to go take care of some business," his friend said.

Another friend, Sergio Acevedo,Ā described DarwishĀ as a good person who loved to dance and make jokes.Ā 

"He didn't deserve to be taken away," Acevedo said.

Detectives are looking for a white Mercedes hatchback that they believe is connected to the shooting.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the AventuraĀ Police Department at 305-466-8989Ā or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.


About the Authors:

Roy Ramos joined the Local 10 News team in 2018. Roy is a South Florida native who grew up in Florida City. He attended Christopher Columbus High School,Ā Homestead Senior HighĀ School and graduated from St. Thomas University.