HIALEAH, Fla. – A man was shot dead and a woman was in critical condition Tuesday afternoon in Hialeah in what police believe to be an “attempted murder-suicide.”
Detective Scarlett Hernandez, a spokesperson for the Hialeah Police Department, said officers responded to a home in the 900 block of East 14th Place just before 3:15 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting.
Recommended Videos
Hernandez said officers discovered the pair, both of whom were elderly, with gunshot wounds.
Medics took the critically-injured woman to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, Hernandez said. Officials pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Fire officials said the 83-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Police didn’t specify the pair’s relationship or who investigators believed fired the gun.