Chaos erupted on an Overtown street corner in Miami as three men exchanged gunfire earlier today, leaving each of them wounded and hospitalized. The incident unfolded around 12:30 a.m. near the intersection of Northwest First Avenue and 12th Street, according to the Miami police.
Upon receiving a report of a shooting, officers arrived at the scene to find the trio with gunshot injuries, as Officer Michael Vega, a police spokesman, clarified in a statement obtained by the Miami Herald, meanwhile, the Miami Fire Rescue Department confirmed the men were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in stable condition with Lt. Pete Sanchez specifying their status in an email communicated to the Herald; no arrests have been made thus far in connection to the incident. Surveillance footage reviewed by detectives indicated the men were "involved in an altercation amongst each other," as Officer Vega noted.
The details of the discord that led to the gunfire remain unclear, with the police yet to release the identities or conditions of the involved parties apart from their stable transport. The area of NW 1st Avenue and 12th Street became an active investigation scene as detectives combed through evidence and surveilled video to piece together the events that led to the shooting.
An argument between the three men seemingly triggered the violent exchange captured on nearby surveillance, as investigators worked to unearth motives and potential additional suspects, all of this revealed through a review by detectives which CBS Miami highlighted from their coverage of the incident at CBS Miami; the investigation is ongoing and law enforcement continues to appeal to the public for any information that may assist in unraveling this midnight shootout that disrupted the pre-dawn calm in Overtown.
