MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police investigated a deadly shooting early Friday morning in the West Perrine area of southwest Miami-Dade.
According to Miami-Dade police, officers responded to the 10200 block of Southwest 175th Street just before 1 a.m. and found a man shot dead inside a home. After police left, blood could be seen just inches from the front door.
Family members later identified the victim as 37-year-old Terrell Vaughn, a father of two.
Vaughn’s cousin, Darrell Collins, said Thursday night began with a celebration.
“We had a birthday party for my 1-year-old godson. And after the party, about 12:30 a.m., that’s when they called me and told me he got shot -- Terrell (Vaughn) got shot,” Collins said.
Collins described his cousin as “kind” and “giving.”
“He don’t mess with nobody,” Collins said.
Fred Williams, Vaughn’s brother, said “he loved his kids and his kids loved him.”
“The street life wasn’t for him,” Williams said. “He didn’t mess with the streets. The streets messed with him.”
The latest incident comes three days after a triple shooting just two blocks away. It’s not clear if the two shootings are connected in any way.
“When it’s gonna stop?” Mark Hickson Harris, with the local mentorship group Circle of Brotherhood, said. “We’re tired of the killing in these communities down south. We need something different. Stop the killing of each other.”
Police said they had no information about possible suspects or motives in Friday morning’s shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the victim’s last name. He was initially identified by family members as Terrell Rodgers.