MIAMI – Authorities in Miami are investigating what is believed to be a murder-suicide outside of a luxury apartment building.
According to Miami police, officers responded to the 100 block of Southwest 12th Street in the city’s Brickell neighborhood.
It was around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday when police arrived and found a man and woman dead on the sidewalk outside of the SOMA at Brickell building.
Local 10 News has learned that the man and woman were husband and wife, and that the husband shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.
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The shooting allegedly happened in front of the couple’s children, believed to be a teenager and a young adult.
Neighbors were rattled by the shooting. One SOMA resident, who identified himself as “Manny,” said he saw the two bodies lying on the ground.
“When I was on my balcony, I saw the bodies on the ground,” he said. “I was concerned because we have a few friends over there.”
It’s something many neighbors never expected in the high-end urban neighborhood.
“I don’t feel unsafe here, because I feel like it was more of a personal thing, instead of just a random type thing, but still, it’s concerning,” SOMA resident Amy Tripp said.
No other details were immediately released by police.