Miami-Dade homicide detectives investigate fatal shooting in Homestead

Homestead and Miami-Dade police officers responded to a fata shooting on Sunday. (Torres, Andrea, GOOGLE MAPS)

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Miami-Dade homicide detectives were investigating a fatal shooting on Sunday in Homestead.

The investigation was outside Roby George Park’s softball field at Southwest 11 Avenue and Fourth Street. The Brothers Supermarket, a small store, and The Overseas Elks Lodge, a private social club, are also in the area.

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According to Detective Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the victim was a man who suffered gunshot wounds.

Homestead Police Department officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert shortly before 2:25 a.m. and found the man bleeding. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded and declared the man dead.

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

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.


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The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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