2 Teens Hospitalized After Reported Shooting Near High School in Miami Gardens – NBC 6 South Florida

Two teens were hospitalized after a reported shooting outside a high school in Miami Gardens Wednesday afternoon.

The incident was reported outside North Gardens High School off Northwest 183rd Street.

Family members said the two victims, one an 18-year-old senior at the school and the other a 17-year-old junior, were wounded in what they were told was a drive-by shooting.

Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots but authorities haven’t confirmed that a shooting took place.

Aerial footage showed multiple Miami-Dade Fire Rescue vehicles in the school’s parking lot, and crews were seen placing someone on a stretcher into a rescue helicopter.

A short time later, a second person on a stretcher was also placed in a rescue helicopter.

Fire Rescue officials confirmed two people were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Miami-Dade Schools Police responded and had part of the school’s parking lot closed off with yellow crime scene tape.

The family members said the 18-year-old was doing okay, but the 17-year-old’s condition was unknown.

No other information was immediately known.

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