FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — A shooting left a 23-year-old man dead Wednesday in Florida City, authorities confirmed.
The incident began at Northwest 12th Street and Ninth Avenue.
Florida City police said the victims drove to the 400 block of Northeast Second Terrace, where officers found a man, who they identified Thursday as Phillip Aldridge, inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head.
They said officers performed life-saving measures at the scene, but Aldridge was pronounced dead.
Florida City police said the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has assumed the lead in the investigation, with continued support from local units.
No information about possible a suspect or motive for the shooting has been released at this time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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