MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police are investigating a shooting that left one woman dead in northeast Miami-Dade on Tuesday.
Miami-Dade police responded to a shooting call around 3:45 p.m. in the area of Oak Grove Park, located at Northeast 159th Street and 6th Avenue.
Authorities said upon arrival, officers discovered a woman who had been shot. She was identified by police Wednesday as 33-year-old Jeretha Lawson.
According to police, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue attempted to transport Lawson to a nearby hospital but she died at the scene.
Police later confirmed that Lawson had been killed in front of her six children and the shooting was the result of some kind of dispute between the woman and another group.
As she attempted to flee after the gunfire, the victim crashed into two parked cars.
Investigators said Lawson’s six children were also inside the vehicle during the shooting but were not injured by the gunfire or the crash.
Oak Grove Elementary School was placed on a temporary lockdown following the shooting, police said.
According to detectives, there were no other victims involved in the shooting.
Investigators said the suspect involved in the shooting fled the scene before police arrived. They are working to find and speak with the other people who were involved in the dispute.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call 911 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.