MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two people were injured during an an exchange of gunfire on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County’s Pinewood neighborhood.
Witnesses said a gunman inside a vehicle opened fire on the green Honda Pilot van that had two passengers and an Uber driver inside and open fire, unlading dozens of bullets into the vehicle.
“He picked up a couple of passengers and then out of nowhere, he came to a stop and then they started shooting into his vehicle,” said a man named Dennis who saw the events as they happened.
That’s when police said one of the passengers inside the Uber returned fire.
In the exchange of gunfire, the Uber driver and one of the passengers were hit.
“The Uber driver jumps out of the car and the guy just takes the car,” Dennis said.
‘The guy,’ investigators learned, was one of the Uber passengers.
According to police, when the injured Uber driver exited the vehicle, one of the passengers jumped in the drivers seat and took his injured friend to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
One of those victims was taken into custody by police at the hospital, only to be questioned and later released.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took the wounded Uber driver to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
“I held him there was his hand was shot until the police got there,” Dennis said.
Miami Dade police officers closed 104th Street near Northwest Eighth Avenue, just west of Interstate 95. There were several shell casings next to evidence markers in the middle of the street.
“Both vehicles were taken by both shooters, there was two opposite shooters,” Dennis said.
Officers are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Guadalupe Monarrez contributed to this report.