Man hospitalized with serious injuries, official says 8 detained after shooting in Opa-locka
MIAMI — One man was hospitalized with serious injuries, according to police, and an official said eight people were detained after a shooting early Sunday morning in Opa-locka.
Opa-locka Police were called to 13875 NW 22nd Ave. around 4:10 a.m. and found a man who had been shot. He was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital with serious injuries, police said in a press release. The man was shot in the leg, according to Opa-locka's city manager Darvin Williams.
Williams told CBS News Miami that eight people were detained. Opa-Locka Police did not provide any information regarding arrests as of Sunday evening.
Joey, who lives at the Cordoba Courts nearby, told CBS News Miami that he slept through the gunshots but woke up to police and crime scene tape.
"I can't do anything about it," he said.
Joey told CBS News Miami that he doesn't always sleep through the sounds at his apartment building.
"Every now and again, we have fighting in this building," he said. "We have shootings every once in a blue moon in this building."
Churchgoers at Logos Baptist Church walked by the scene before Sunday services. Pastor Robert Stephens told CBS News Miami that this wasn't how he wanted to start the day.
"It was unfortunate that our members had to witness this crime while coming into worship," he said.
Stephens addressed the shooting during Mass, saying this was a bad day for something like this to happen.
"This was a friends-and-family Sunday so we had visitors from all over the county," he said.
Opa-locka Police detectives areinvestigating the circumstances regarding the shooting and Miami-Dade Police's Northside District units are assisting. Anyone with information can call police.
