A man told police officers that he was sleeping in the streets of Miami when a man who had an “I [heart]” tattoo on his neck pressed a large screwdriver into his chest and threatened to stab him, police said.

A man died after a shooting on Friday near the City of Miami Fire Station Six in Allappattah, police said.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Eager to undergo a coronavirus test, hundreds of drivers waited in line for hours on Tuesday at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The temporary testing site in Miami Gardens aimed to collect about 970 swabs daily this week. SURGE TEAMS’ EDCathy Burgos, a Miami-Dade County Juvenile Services Department employee, wore her sneakers on Tuesday. As a member of the new Surge Teams, she was ready to walk for miles during door-to-door educational visits in Allapattah. The surge teams will be visiting homes in Liberty City on Wednesday.

Published: May 15, 2020, 4:14 pm Updated: May 15, 2020, 4:25 pmBROWNSVILLE, Fla. – Detectives are investigating how a woman ended up dead Friday near the Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Brownsville. Detective Argemis Colome, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department said officers found the woman in the area of Northwest 46th Street and Northwest 31st Avenue. Officers were searching for evidence northeast of the Quick Stop at 3101 NW 46th St.Officers asked anyone with information to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. This is a developing story.

MIAMI – Dr. Isaac “Saky” Abadi, a prominent Venezuelan rheumatologist who founded the country’s National Center for Rheumatic Diseases, died Wednesday in Miami of COVID-19, colleagues and relatives confirmed on Friday. He graduated from the Universidad de los Andes’ medical school as a surgeon. Abadi was also the head of the Chair of Medical Clinic and Medical Therapeutics at the Luis Razetti School of Medicine. He continued lecturing at the Universidad Central de Venezuela’s medical school and made improvements to the educational curriculum of the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance. Our dear uncle Dr. Isaac Abadi Z’L left us yesterday to #covid19.

MIAMI – In a letter sent to Jackson Health System employees, Carlos Migoya, the chief executive officer of Miami-Dade County’s public hospital, painted a grim picture. “This will almost certainly get worse before it gets better,” Migoya wrote, echoing U.S. As the deadly respiratory illness spreads, Jackson Health System and other hospitals “could be at great financial risk,” Migoya warned. In the letter, Migoya asked employees in non-clinical roles “to voluntarily use personal leave over the next few weeks” in an attempt to avoid layoffs. Despite the $830 million bond that passed in 2013 allowing Jackson to invest in much-needed upgrades, the response to the pandemic’s impact is testing the system.