Shooter targets silver car leaving 1 injured in Miami-Dade

MIAMI – Miami Fire Rescue personnel found a shooting victim on Monday inside a silver car on the Dolphin Expressway, also known as State Road 836, near Miami’s Flagami area.

According to Miami-Dade police officers, the shooter targeted the passenger side of the car at southwest 186th Street near 107th Avenue in south Miami-Dade. Paramedics responded to help the wounded victim on SR 836 near Northwest 45th Avenue, off the Blue Lagoon.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the eastbound lanes of SR 836 and blocked two eastbound lanes during the rescue. The man was shot in the leg and was admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Local 10 News Photojournalist Mario Alonso and Assignment Desk Editor Sandy Antonio contributed to this report.


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