MIAMI-DADE, FL. — Eight people – many of them juveniles – were shot at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Northwest Miami-Dade, reports Florida television station WSVN.
WSVN says it happened at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Park just before 4 p.m. Monday afternoon. There was a holiday event that was interrupted when shots were fired.
Three juveniles and two adults were shot and two other juveniles were grazed by bullets. A victim described as a 20-year-old man is in surgery in critical condition. Another victim – described as an 18-year-old woman = is stable.
The status of the three juveniles shot is not known at this time. The two juveniles grazed by the bullets were treated and released at the scene.
Miami-Dade police tweeted they have detained two individuals and recovered two weapons.
This is a developing story.
