Driver wounded in overnight Palmetto Expressway shooting

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HIALEAH, Fla. – Medics airlifted a driver to a local hospital after a shooting on the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade County early on Christmas morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the shooting happed just after midnight in the northbound lanes of the highway, near Okeechobee Road.

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An FHP spokesperson said an “unknown vehicle” pulled up beside the victim, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz SUV, and unleashed a series of shots, hitting the victim in the right leg and leaving several holes in the vehicle.

Troopers applied a tourniquet to the man’s leg until medics airlifted him, according to FHP.

Anyone with information was urged to call FHP.


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