Shootings

A Teacher Who's Tired of the Death Toll

The Murder at 1116 Ocean Drive

Breaking News: Opa Locka Rapper Toro Gunned Down

Forbidden Fruit

The Dead Among Us

One week of living and dying in Miami-Dade.

Baby Caught in the Crossfire

A two-year-old is shot and sent into a coma over a pot deal.

Johnny Charles, Angel of Death

Local accused of being the most prolific serial killer in Miami history.

The Murder of Master Do

Ten murders and Haitian gangs roil the quiet town of North Miami.

Scorned and on the Record

An ex-fiancée's testimony sheds light on one of the officers involved in the Mario Barcia case.

The Unduly Long Arm of the Law

When the feds indicted Izzy Gonzalez, they may have reached too far

Blood in the Streets

The murderous violence that has recently gripped Opa-locka may have died along with its most infamous victim

Prosecuting the Police

The State Attorney's Office takes heat no matter what the outcome

To Serve and Protect

And in the case of the Miami Police Department: To Lose

The Telltale Corpse

Ed Whittaker, Dade's leading criminalist, finds a lively story in every dead body

Three Shot Dead in West Kendall Home

Miami-Dade Police are investigating the death of two men and one woman found shot dead in a West Kendall townhouse Wednesday night.Police hurried to the Point Lake townhomes at 8 p.m. to respond to a call about gunshots fired at 15315 SW 76th Terr.Upon arrival, officers noticed the front door of the ... More >>

Guy Shot by Cops Yesterday Once Got Picked up for Soliciting Boys

Around 3:20 p.m. yesterday, Miami-Dade Police responded to a call at 11210 SW 157th St. that a man was threatening someone with a gun over a landlord-tenant dispute.View Larger MapWhen the cops arrived, a 39-year-old named Iran Delima pulled out a gun. One of the officers pulled his own piece and sh ... More >>

Police Arrest Suspect in Overtown Mass Shooting That Wounded 12

Flanked by the victims' sobbing family members, Miami Police Chief John Timoney announced this afternoon the arrest of a suspect in a brazen mass shooting in Overtown.via Miami Police DepartmentRodney Lashawn Miller was arrested early this morning for his role in a July mass shooting.​Police nabbe ... More >>

Family of slain tourist wants Miami Beach cop to pay

Flanked by the victims' sobbing family members, Miami Police Chief John Timoney announced this afternoon the arrest of a suspect in a brazen mass shooting in Overtown.via Miami Police DepartmentRodney Lashawn Miller was arrested early this morning for his role in a July mass shooting.​Police nabbe ... More >>

Stray Bullet Strikes Italian Boy on New Year's Eve at Miami Restaurant

Italian restaurant shooting scene from The Godfather.​First you get hit with parking, then with tax and tip, and then by a bullet?In Miami's Design District, anything is possible.A 6-year-old Italian tourist ringing in the new year with his family at Mai Tardi restaurant was struck by a bullet tha ... More >>

One Dead, Two Wounded in Early-Morning South Beach Parking Garage Shooting

Eighteen-year-old Chonshi Thompson died Thursday morning in the South Beach parking garage near 1601 Washington Ave. Two other victims were involved: 18-year-old Sandro Louis was shot in the groin, and 21-year-old Cesar Gonzalez took a bullet to his left hand. Both had fled the scene by the time pol ... More >>

One Dead in Miami Gardens Strip Club Shooting

​Our cover story this week is on murders in club land, and unfortunately a shooting last night claimed the life of one man and injured two others. The shooting took place around 4 a.m. at Mint Lounge, at Northwest 187th Street and 25th Avenue in Miami Gardens.According to police, an altercation to ... More >>

Four Shot During Flag Football Rampage

Gunfire broke out last night during a women's flag football game at West Perrine Park, at SW 168th Street and 104th Avenue. Three assailants opened fire on the crowd. Four men were shot, and a woman broke her arm while trying to escape. Three of the men were hit in the leg, ... More >>

Two Young Children Shot With AK-47s in Afternoon Drive-By

Two young boys, believed to be only 3 and 7-years-old, were the victims of random AK-47 gunfire this afternoon. Both kids were transported to a hospital, and neither appeared to have life threatening injuries. The shooting happened today around 58th Terrace and NW 12th Avenue. Police ... More >>

Crazy Night At Miami Beach Hotel: Shooting, Hazmat Teams, And An Evacuated Prime Minister

A real-life episode of Burn Notice essentially played out this weekend at a Miami Beach hotel, complete with a mysterious shooting death, a hastily evacuated foreign head of state, a deathly bad odor and a Hazmat team.It's not clear whether Bruce Campbell was involved -- but frankly, we're not ready ... More >>

Man Shot at Miami Lakes Home, Body Discovered by His Brother

A man, identified by a neighbor as "Enrique" and possibly in his 40s, was shot to death by robbers in Miami Lakes last night. The murder took place around 7 p.m. near the Palmetto Expressway and NW 67th Avenue.When the man arrived home, two men were waiting near his house and demanded something. The ... More >>

Arrests Made in Miami Beach Resort Shooting, Police Remain Tightlipped About Prostitute Reports

​Police have released the name of the victim and information that they've made several arrests in connection with last Saturday's bizarre fatal shooting at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa, but they remain tightlipped about other details. Among those details: a report that the victim was shot by a p ... More >>

Miami Beach Resort Shooting Was Over Drugs, Not Hookers

​Turns out the shooting at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa Saturday had nothing to do with hookers, but drugs. At least that's what the Miami Beach Police Department is saying. Oh, and that weird smell? It was pepper spray.

Man Dies After Swallowing Cocaine During a Traffic Stop

Cocaine: not for eating.​In today's roundup of the sins of South Beach and the rest of Miami-Dade: The death of a man in police custody is blamed on desperate cocaine ingestion, two separate shootings are being investigated, a string of car break-ins is being questioned, and a boat fire sends one ... More >>

Body of Missing Boater Domingo Vilalta Washes Ashore

Domingo Vilalta​In today's roundup, a missing boater's body is found washed ashore, an arrest is made in the accidental shooting death of a 4-year old, and dozens of veterans weren't notified they might have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV.

Video: Activist Lays Into Mayor and Police Chief About Cop's Fatal Overtown Shooting

​If you don't understand the raw anger and grief coursing through Overtown this week over Monday's police shooting of an unarmed man at a traffic stop, check out this video.The emotion is palpable inside Overtown's St. John's Baptist Church, where almost 200 gathered last night to demand answers f ... More >>

Woman Threatens to Jump off Epic Hotel

​In today's round up of crime, death and other travesties: a woman is threatening to jump off the Epic hotel, a teen girl is gunned down on the street of Miami, Lobster mini season claims its first victim, and a police chasing involving three different forces ends in a shooting in Hialeah.

Maria Chrysson Arrested for Stealing Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Botox

​In today's roundup of horrible news: A woman is arrested after being shot in the face with Botox needles and never paying, a tourist was shot in the face with a gun, and a teenage boy was shot in the head while his 1-year-old niece was shot in the foot in Liberty City.

Yankier Crespo Arrested For Shooting A Man In The Neck In West Miami

via Miami Dade CorrectionsYankier Crespo faces a charge of second-degree attempted murder.​Just after 10 this morning, a 32-year-old Cuban immigrant named Yankier Crespo got into a fight with another man riding in his black Camry. The yelling turned into a fistfight, and the men spilled out onto S ... More >>

Man Found Shot to Death in Truck

via CBS4​In today's news roundup: A dead body is found in a truck, a teacher drives while under the influence of booze and Xanax, and those huge LCD billboards in downtown Miami have a long way to go before they're erected.

Miami Cops Shoot and Kill Another Suspect Near Pork And Beans Projects (Update)

​The Magic City's violent summer just keeps boiling on, as Miami police shot and killed another suspect early this morning-- the fourth police shooting in just over a month.Details on the latest clash, which ended just a few hours ago, are still sketchy. Sometime after midnight last night, cops we ... More >>

Arizona cop's tale of a Latino drug smuggler shooting him doesn't add up

​The Magic City's violent summer just keeps boiling on, as Miami police shot and killed another suspect early this morning-- the fourth police shooting in just over a month.Details on the latest clash, which ended just a few hours ago, are still sketchy. Sometime after midnight last night, cops we ... More >>

Police Search for Gunmen: Man Killed Near Barry University, Woman Shot in Miami Gardens

​Police are searching for suspects in two separate firearm attacks that occurred overnight in North Miami-Dade. One was fatal; the other victim is not expected to survive. A 25-year-old man was found shot to death near his black SUV near Barry University in Miami Shores. In the other shooting, a w ... More >>

Anonymous Phone Call Leads Police to Murder Mystery in NW Dade

​Miami-Dade police didn't hear the gunshots, but they did hear the phone ring. If it wasn't for an anonymous phone call they may not have found the body of a dead man in a Northwest Miami-Dade apartment. Now, with little clues and few apparent witnesses police must solve the mysterious murder.

Suicidal Gunman Shoots Two Women and a Toddler in North Miami

via FacebookTavaris FairStephanie Peterson, age 22, was babysitting a young child in the apartment of Kizzy Williams, 31, when her boyfriend showed up ready for an argument. Tavaris Fair, 25, fired several shots in the North Miami apartment before ending his own life after a long standoff with polic ... More >>

Maintenance Worker Shot on Ocean Drive While Evicting Tenant

​In today's senseless murder news, a maintenance worker was shot dead while helping police evict a tenant from an Ocean Drive apartment in South Beach this morning. The shooter and a police officer were also injured, though neither seriously.

Families of Seven Men Killed in Police Shootings Speak At Commission Meeting Today

​Willa Mae Reed cries when she remembers the last time she saw her grandson, Tarnorris Tyrell Gaye. "He said he was getting a haircut, and he kissed me goodbye," Reed tells Riptide. "I still got a lot of questions about what happened next."Gaye was shot and killed by Miami police in December -- on ... More >>

Possible Murder-Suicide in Kendall: Couple Found Dead After Kids Leave for School

​Police are investigating a double shooting this morning in Kendall that left a couple dead inside their home. While the investigation is on-going, detectives believe that the incident may have been a double shooting. Two children resided with the couple in the home, but had left for school earlie ... More >>

Three-Year-Old Boy Shoots and Kills Mother

​A 33-year-old woman was shot in the back last night at her home in Miramar, Florida, and police believe that her 3-year-old son was the gunman. The boy might have been playing with the gun when it accidentally fired and sent a bullet through his mother.

Ricardo Orta Jr. Shot by Miami Police in Little Havana (Update)

​A City of Miami Police officer has shot and wounded a suspect in Little Havana. Ricardo Orta Jr., a 19-year-old, is in stable condition this morning at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The shooting happened outside a dollar store in the strip mall near NW 14th Avenue and West Flagler Street around 6 p. ... More >>

Raymond Herisse, Man Killed by Police in Miami Beach, Fingered as Suspect in Previous Boynton Beach Shooting

Raymond Herisse, the 22-year-old man who was shot and killed by Miami Beach and Hialeah police officers over the Memorial Day weekend in Miami Beach, has been identified by police in Boynton Beach as a suspect in a shooting back in November. According to The Pulp, police identified Herisse as the su ... More >>

Man Killed by SWAT Team in North Miami Beach After Possibly Killing Friend

​Two men are dead after a tragic situation in North Miami Beach last night. Thirty-seven-year-old Jonathan Woolfson is believed to have possibly killed his friend, Troy Longhurst, then Woolfson himself was shot after a stand off with the SWAT team.

New York City Cop Shot On South Beach, Police Still Looking For Suspects

photo by chensiyuan via Wikimedia Commons​An off-duty New York City police officer was shot on South Beach outside a ritzy beach resort early this morning, police say. Miami Beach detectives have shut down Collins Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets today while they search for whomever shot the o ... More >>

Nocturnal Shooting Victim's Family Pleads With Public for Help

Nocturnal shooting victim Brandon Marquis McGhee.​Miami Police are still investigating a shooting that left one dead, six wounded, and sent hundreds of people stampeding to safety early yesterday morning at Nocturnal nightclub in downtown. New Times reported yesterday that 26-year-old Brandon M ... More >>

One Dead After Second Shooting Outside Secrets Strip Club This Month

​For the second time this month, gunmen have opened fire outside Secrets Strip Club at 11340 Biscayne Blvd. in North Miami. The latest incident happened early this morning and resulted in the death of one man. Another man was injured.