FHP investigates shooting on Florida Turnpike in Miami-Dade

Ford Fusion damaged during shooting in Homestead

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A blue Ford Fusion with bullet holes on the door and windshield was abandoned on the side of the road after a shooting on Friday in southern Miami-Dade County.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a report of a shooting shortly after 9:40 a.m., at the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, west of the Homestead Air Reserve Base.

Authorities investigate an abandoned car on Friday in Miami-Dade County. (Copyright 2024 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

Troopers surrounded the Ford Fusion parked on the emergency lane, along the southbound lanes of the Turnpike, near the exit to Campbell Drive, in Homestead.

Miami-Dade police officers also responded.

A tow truck responded at about noon, and troopers closed one southbound lane on the Turnpike.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers were investigating a shooting on Friday in Homestead. (Copyright 2024 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

Detectives were asking anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editors Frine Gomez and Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.


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