Victim airlifted after shooting on Miccosukee Indian Reservation

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Tribal police are investigating a shooting on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in far western Miami-Dade County Friday afternoon.

According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue dispatch records, the shooting happened at around 3:30 p.m. on the reservation, located in the Everglades off the Tamiami Trail, about four miles east of the mainland Monroe County line.

Medics airlifted the victim to a Miami-Dade trauma center, according to MDFR. Miccosukee police said in a statement posted to X that the victim was “stable.”

In that statement, police said “details are limited as the investigation is ongoing.”

Authorities have not released the name, age or gender of the victim or suspect or said whether either is a tribal member.

They also haven’t indicated whether anyone was taken into custody.