SW Miami-Dade shooting left man dead, woman hospitalized
MIAMI - A double shooting in southwest Miami-Dade left one man dead and a woman hospitalized.
It happened early Wednesday morning at home in the 11200 block of SW 30th Street, near the Florida International Univerty'sTamiami campus.
According to Miami-Dade police, officers found the body of a man in the residence with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The woman, the man's girlfriend, also had a gunshot wound. She was taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital where she was listed as stable.
Police say a man shot himself, the same bullet hitting his girlfriend.
"One of the children immediately contacted a family member to tell them exactly what they apparently heard, a gunshot, and the family member told them to call the police," said Miami-Dade police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta.
The owners of the residence said they were woken up early in the morning by the sounds of children screaming in the driveway. They said they live in the front house and a little more than a week ago they rented the house in back to the couple and their four kids.
"My mother-in-law called me and she told me we have to come because there is police. We don't know what happened. We just rented them the house like ten days ago. I'm scared that you have like guns in the house with little kids and not secure them," said a woman whose family owns the property.
She added that they are devastated by what happened.
"Oh, that is so sad. It just saddens me greatly to see somebody take God's will into their own hands. Oh my how horrible," said neighbor Tamatane Aga.
Police have not said what led to the shooting.