Detectives identify 18-year-old killed during game at Miami-Dade public park

NARANJA, Fla. – A family was grieving Tuesday after a game turned deadly for an 18-year-old man in Miami-Dade County’s Naranja neighborhood.

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Detective Joseph R. Peguero Rivera, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office, identified the victim as Flavio Alejandro Morales.

“The victim was playing sports when he was involved in a verbal altercation,” Peguero Rivera wrote in a statement released Tuesday.

Homicide detectives were searching for the player who pulled out a gun during the argument and shot Morales on Monday at Naranja Park.

Deputies and fire rescue personnel reported finding Morales on the ground after the gunman ran away at about 7:05 p.m., at 14150 SW 264 St.

Fire rescue personnel used a helicopter to fly Morales to the hospital where he later died, according to deputies.

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

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Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.