Miami Gardens shooting leaves 2 dead, authorities say

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Police are investigating a shooting that left one man and one woman dead in Miami Gardens Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

It happened just after 2:30 p.m. at a home near the 4500 block of Northwest 185th Street.

Sky 10 flew over the scene where homicide investigators were searching the inside of a home in the area.

Detectives said a preliminary investigation revealed two juvenile siblings arrived home from school and discovered their mother and her boyfriend inside the home shot dead.

Miami Gardens police said they recovered a gun at the scene that was found near the man involved in the shooting.

Investigators said a gun was found near the home but did not confirm if the shooting was declared as a murder-suicide.

Authorities said the juvenile siblings were not involved in the shooting.

“It’s horrible,” said neighbor Judy Varela. “It’s a tragedy and it’s just going to be trauma for them for the rest of their lives, coming home to see their parents die is the worst thing that could happen to any child.”

No other information has been given at this time.


About the Authors

Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.

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