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Miami Beach police: Man dies after shooting along Washington Avenue in South Beach

Police officers try to save wounded man’s life

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A man died early Sunday morning during a shooting in South Beach.

According to the Miami Beach Police Department, police officers responded shortly before 2:30 a.m., to Washington Avenue, between 15 and 16 streets.

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“Officers immediately began the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) process until Miami Beach Fire Rescue arrived,” Officer Christopher Bess, a spokesman for MBPD wrote in a statement.

According to Bess, Miami Beach Fire Rescue personnel took the wounded man to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center where a doctor pronounced him dead.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Photojournalist Myron Williams contributed to this report.


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