Miami police swarm neighborhood after double shooting

Miami police swarmed a neighborhood early Thursday morning after two people were shot. 

It happened on NW 11th Street, just south of the State Road 836 Expressway.

A woman who lives in the area said she heard gunfire around 12:40 a.m. When she went outside, she said she saw a man sitting in the median with what she believes is a gunshot wound in his thigh and another person laying on the ground by a car.

The woman said the man with the gun walked over and pointed it at the man sitting in the median.

Another woman said when she looked out her window after hearing gunshots, she saw a man was walking, lifting his leg and he was talking with another man, the shooter, and he shot him. She said he then he ran over to the stop sign and then the police arrived. She added that she didn’t initially see the second man who was shot, but thinks his injury was more serious because he was laying on the ground by the car. 

Miami police have not confirmed that information.

Mauricio Castro said he too heard the gunshots.

“Well, I heard several shots, and I heard a woman yelling about the pain. But I was too sleepy, so I didn’t go out. The shots simply woke me up, but I was not going to outside if it was something violent. This zone is not very safe,” Castro said.  

Crime scene investigators cordoned off the area with yellow tape as they collected evidence. They placed several evidence markers on the ground near a white SUV marking bullet casings. The SUV had a bullet hole in its windshield.

This is a developing story, check back for updated information.