Opa-locka shooting takes life of a Miami Norland football coach, school district says

A shooting in Opa-locka early Monday morning took the life of a beloved Miami Norland Senior High School football coach, according to school district officials.

The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. at an apartment building located at 2852 Northwest 132nd Street, said Detective Andre Martin, a Miami-Dade County police spokesman.

When Opa-locka police arrived, they found a man with at least one gunshot wound. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedics determined he was dead at the scene, Martin added.

The deceased man is Keon Bernard Smith, according to Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers.

Elmo Lugo, a Miami-Dade County Public Schools spokesman, said Smith was the quarterbacks coach at Miami Norland for two years, but he was not a teacher there. The school offered mental health crisis counselors Monday, Lugo noted.

Miami-Dade’s Homicide Bureau assumed the lead in the investigation, but Martin said there are no suspects as of Monday night.

Miami Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for anyone with information that leads to an arrest of the person or people who killed Smith. Tips can be submitted by calling (305) 471-8477.

Edward Scamp told Herald news partner CBS Miami that Smith, 49, was his brother. He said Smith had been around football all his life and described him as “a great person, a great coach, a great role model.”