A man was hospitalized in stable condition after a Tuesday morning shooting in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies responded to the area of Northwest 119th Street and 24th Avenue after receiving a report of a person shot. They found an adult man with an apparent gunshot wound to his lower extremities. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took him to a local hospital.
Chopper 4 was over the scene as the man was loaded onto a stretcher and placed into an ambulance.
The sheriff’s General Investigations detectives have taken over the case. Authorities have not released the cause of the shooting or said whether anyone has been arrested. Residents with information are urged to contact the sheriff’s office.
