MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Gardens police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead Monday morning.
The shooting was reported just after 6:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of Northwest 152nd Street, just one block away from the Opa-locka city line.
According to Miami Gardens police spokeswoman Diana Delgado-Gourgue, officers arrived at the scene to find a Black male on the ground outside a home who had been shot.
Sky 10 was above the scene shortly before 7 a.m. as a yellow tarp covered the victim’s body.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
According to investigators, a Shot Spotter detection device picked up the sound of gunshots around 1 a.m.
Police, however, never received a call about it until some five hours later when the victim’s body was discovered around 6:30.
By the time officers arrived, the victim, described only as a 29-year-old man who’s not from the area, was already dead.
Despite spending hours at the scene and even reviewing surveillance footage, detectives have yet to release any description of the shooter.
Distraught family members later arrived at the scene, but were too emotional to speak to Local 10 News on camera.
Police said it’s unclear whether this was a drive-by shooting or whether the shooter approached the victim on foot.
Anyone with further information is asked to call the Miami Gardens Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.