MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police are investigating after a man was gunned down Tuesday night outside a home.
According to Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, who is also a spokesman for the police department, the victim was found suffering from gunshot wounds outside a home in the 8400 block of Northwest Fifth Court.
“I’m scared now because, you know, it happened so close to my house,” neighbor Edmonia Moses told Local 10 News.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
A Local 10 News crew was in the area after the shooting as a dark-colored Mercedes-Benz SUV had its doors propped open.
The victim’s body was lying near a black Mercedes SUV, covered by a tarp.
“I just woke up when my son got ready to go to work and saw all those police out here and stuff like that,” Moses said. “I didn’t know what had happened. It scared me to death.”
Detectives later towed the SUV away from the scene.
Surveillance video obtained from a neighboring home appears to show someone running away from the scene around the same time as the fatal shooting.
So far, it’s not clear if that person had any involvement or was simply spooked by the sound of the gunfire.
“Some of this stuff (has) got to stop!” Moses said. “You know, it’s got to stop. I don’t know what all, you know, is going on or whatever, but it’s got to stop.”
Zabaleta confirmed that police do not have any information at this time about the shooter.
The victim’s identity has not yet been released.
Anyone with further information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.