Police: 2 suffer stab wounds in Homestead

Crime scene generic graphic Police are investigating a shooting in Northwest Miami Dade (WPLG)

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Two people suffered stab wounds on Thursday near the Wittkop Park in Homestead, police said.

Homestead police officers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded to the area of Northwest Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue.

The attacker fled, according to Officer Oscar Roque, a spokesman for the Homestead Police Department.

“A possible suspect” was in custody, Roque later wrote in a statement, adding that the victims’ condition was stable.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.

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