Victim ID’ed, reward offered in Miami homicide

MIAMI – Miami-Dade police are requesting information regarding the murder of Elizabeth Level, known as “Ms.Liz,” to her community.

According to Officer Kiara Delva, a spokeswoman for the Miami Police Department, police officers found the 89-year-old woman injured after responding to a ShotSpotter alert at Northwest 10 Avenue and 52 Street.

Miami Fire Rescue personnel also responded and took the woman to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Delva said a doctor pronounced her dead.

Reese Level said the victim was her 86-year-old aunt Elizabeth Level, a beloved great-grandmother who was the victim of a drive-by shooting in front of her home.

“My aunt was outside. A car rolled by and they started shooting and they hit her,” Reese Level said later adding, “She lived to see all of her grandkids and great, great grandkids.”

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A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.