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Man, 20, shot dead near Liberty City intersection

MIAMI – Miami police are investigating an apparent drive-by shooting that they say left a man in his 20s dead Monday afternoon.

It happened around 12:30 p.m. near the intersection of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 58th Street in the Liberty City neighborhood.

Police said arriving officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Family members at the crime scene identified the victim to Local 10 News as 20-year-old Treyshawn Wright, who would have turned 21 on July 28.

Sky 10 flew over the scene where the man’s body was covered by a white tarp next to a black Cadillac Escalade with bullet holes in its windshield and a gun.

Miami police are investigating a shooting that they say left a man in his 20s dead Monday afternoon. (WPLG)

A woman who asked to remain unidentified told Local 10 News that she was at the scene when the shooting occurred.

“They shoot at the car, they pull off, and (fired) multiple rounds. When they came back around, they shot,” she said. “They didn’t let him get out.”

Police have not disclosed any information on the victim’s identity and no arrests or a motive have been announced at this time.

Anyone with information on the shooter or shooters or the suspected vehicle is urged to call the Miami Police Department at 305-603-6640.


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Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

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Layron Livingston made the move from Ohio's Miami Valley to Miami, Florida, to join the Local 10 News team.

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