Aspiring firefighter dies after shot with his son outside Miami Gardens home

Detectives search for 4 men involved in drive-by shooting

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. ā€“ An aspiring firefighterĀ was holding his 22-month-old son outside of hisĀ home when he was fatally shotĀ Monday night, Miami Gardens police said.

Gunmen shot at Darin Williams and his son about 8:50 p.m., in the residential area near Crestview Elementary School.Ā Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital pronounced Williams dead. His son survived.Ā 

Officer Carlos Austin, a spokesman for the Miami Gardens Police Department, said the toddler was in stable condition.Ā 

Austin said detectives are searching for four gunmen who were inĀ a dark-colored sedan with tinted windows and a paper tag.

On Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan increased the existing reward to $13,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the gunman.

DetectivesĀ askedĀ anyone with information to call Detective H. Schneider at 305-474-6473 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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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.

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.

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