Police officers surround Miami Gardens apartment building during investigation

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Police officers responded to a gated apartment complex early Tuesday morning in Miami Gardens.

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Police officers responded shortly before 3:10 a.m. to an apartment building at the Laguna Gardens, at 20781 NW 17 Ave., near the Hard Rock Stadium.

There was crime scene tape near a covered outdoor lounging area in the new resort-style leasing community featuring one to three-bedroom apartments.

An officer with a police dog searched a nearby parking lot at the gated apartment complex.

The initial unconfirmed report that police officers responded to was that a teenager had been injured during an accidental shooting.

The Miami Gardens Police Department had yet to confirm the report.

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

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.


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