Shootings

Miami Woman No Longer Sought in Las Vegas Rapper Murder

Less than 24 hours after sounding national alarm bells that a 22-year-old Miami native with ties to the sex trade might be in danger over her connection to the fiery murder of a rapper on the Las Vegas Strip, police have called off the hunt this morning.Tineesha Lashun Howard is no longer considered ... More >>

Reynaldo Goyos, Miami Cop Who Shot Black Man Reaching for Cell Phone, Fired

Officer Reinaldo Goyo, a City of Miami police officer who shot and killed Travis McNeill, a 28-year-old unarmed black man during a traffic stop, has been officially terminated from his position. Goyo had previously avoided criminal manslaughter charges after prosecutors declined to pursuit the case, ... More >>

Did Rick Ross Just Crash His Rolls-Royce In Fort Lauderdale After Getting Shot At? UPDATE

This much, at least, is clear: Around 5 a.m. this morning, someone opened fire on a Rolls -Royce on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. More than a dozen shots were fired, and the Rolls ended up careening into the front of a restaurant.Now for the real question: Was Rick Ross in the car? Witnesse ... More >>

Thugs Take Overtown

Suspect Killed, Miami-Dade Detective Shot on Coral Way Grow-House Raid

One suspect is dead and a Miami-Dade detective is recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital this morning after an undercover raid on a suspected grow house on Coral Way erupted into a fierce gunfight last night.A narcotics unit that included FBI agents in plainclothes was investigating the house near ... More >>

Miami Cop Cleared in Shooting of Unarmed Man Who Was Reaching For His Cellphone

During last year's string of questionable fatal shootings by Miami police, Officer Reinaldo Goyo shot and killed Travis McNeill, a 28-year-old unarmed black man during a traffic stop. The controversy stemming from the death was, in part, the reason that former police chief Miguel Exposito was fired, ... More >>

Memorial Day Police Shooting Victims Are Suing Miami Beach

Remember last Memorial Day weekend on South Beach? Yes, that was the one when Miami Beach cops unloaded more than a hundred rounds into the car of Raymond Herisse, a Palm Beach resident police say tried to run them over on Collins Avenue. Not all those bullets hit Herisse, though. At least five ... More >>

Trayvon Martin Evidence: Zimmerman "Racist" and Martin Smoked Pot

Prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin case released a stash of evidence to a mouth-watering press horde yesterday evening, making public hundreds of pages of witness testimony, medical reports and photos. The headline takeaways: Zimmerman was hurt (his nose broken and head bloodied) and a few neighbors ... More >>

George Zimmerman in Custody, To Be Charged with Second-Degree Murder

George Zimmerman will finally be charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, according to a report from the Washington Post. The charges will be announced in a news conference later this afternoon. However, it's not clear what charges Zimmerman will face.Update at 6:07 p.m.: While emphasiz ... More >>

Trayvon Martin: No, That's Not His Facebook Page Showing "Gangsta" Photos

Update: Wonderfully, Business Insider touted the bogus photo as accurate in a story on how the media is badly reporting the Trayvon Martin saga. Their source for the photo: white power message board Stormfront. If you haven't come across the photo to the right, you probably will in the next day ... More >>

Witness: Shooting of Miami Teen by Orlando Neighborhood "Watchman" Wasn't Self Defense

​It's been almost three weeks now since Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old from Miami, was shot to death by a neighborhood watchman in his father's Orlando-area suburb. Yet by George Zimmerman, the self proclaimed watchman, remains free. He claims he acted in self defense, a position bolstered by the s ... More >>

Miami Beach Cop Shoots and Kills Suspect in Liberty City UPDATE

​A suspected car thief fleeing a traffic stop was shot and killed last night in Liberty City by a Miami Beach cop working on a county anti-robbery team.Details are still sparse -- with a Miami-Dade police spokeswoman this morning declining to name the cop or the victim to Riptide -- but she confir ... More >>

Miami Beach Police Officer Shoots and Kills Suspect on South Beach UPDATE

​A Miami Beach cop shot and killed a man early this morning while trying to break up a fight near 12th Street and Washington Avenue in South Beach. The officer fired two shots into the suspect's stomach, says Deborah Doty, a MBPD spokeswoman, and the man died a short time later."When the officer a ... More >>

Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Stole Miami-Dade Cop Car After Deadly Crash

​A bizarre series of event early this morning lead to Miami-Dade Police fatally shooting a suspect who had stolen a police cruiser. The incident started after the man fled the scene of a deadly car crash that claimed the life of a cab driver.

Miami Club Violence Nothing New, Stabbings and Shootings From 1948,

Miami Times, Novemeber 20, 1948The more things change, the more they stay the same.​In the wake of the recent Nocturnal nightclub shooting that killed one, hospitalized others, and sent hundreds stampeding through Downtown Miami, we found evidence of stabbings and shootings at another area establi ... More >>

Club Nocturnal: Seven Shot, One Killed, Hundreds Stampede Out in Fear

Brandon Marquis McGhee​About 3 a.m. this morning, after a beef at Nocturnal in downtown Miami, seven people were shot. So far, only one person has died, but it is the most gruesome attack at a Miami nightclub in years.According to police, the man killed was 26-year-old Brandon Marquis McGhee of No ... More >>

Luke's Gospel: Miami's inner-city parks need more police

Drive-By Shooting Outside Churchill's Pub Leaves One Dead, One Injured

​An early morning shooting outside of Little Haiti's iconic punk rock dive bar, Churchill's Pub, has left one person dead and another recovering from a gunshot wound in the hospital. The incident happened around 3:30 this morning, and so far police have released few details.

Cop Fired For Alleged Drunken ATV Joyride Also Involved in Raymond Herisse Killing

Raymond Herisse was killed in an early-morning police shootout on Memorial Day.​In another astonishing chapter of staggering ineptitude surrounding the Miami Beach Police Department, the officer fired last week for running over a couple on the beach during an on-duty ATV joyride was one of the off ... More >>

Raymond Herisse IDed as Man Shot By Police During Urban Beach Weekend; Over 100 Shots Fired By Police

​Twenty-two-year-old Raymond Herisse has been identified as the man shot and killed by police during an early morning Memorial Day weekend incident in the streets of Miami Beach, according to CBS4's Jim DeFede. Herisse had a long criminal history and had been arrested numerous times before in Palm ... More >>

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 >>

Miami PD Shoots And Kills Another Suspect in Little Haiti (Update)

​City of Miami police officers have shot and killed another suspect -- the seventh killed by MPD cops since last summer. The latest shooting happened last night around 11 p.m. at North Miami Avenue and 75th Street, police sources tell Riptide, and left another man in critical condition.Police are ... More >>

Man Shot in Chest During Nail Salon Robbery

​Nail salon employee is not a job usually associated with danger, but a worker at the Nails 4 U salon on Biscayne Boulevard and 155th Street was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital last night for surgery after being shot in the chest on the job.

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.

Police Searching for Ex-Boyfriend of Marisol Ramon, After Her Remains Were Found in Everglades

via NBCMiami​Today's wrap up of the sins of South Florida is a doozy: remains found in the Everglades have been identified as Marisol Ramon and police are searching for her abusive ex-boyfriend, one person is dead after a crash on an I95 exit ramp, a man was shot at a Metrorail station, and a woma ... More >>

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 >>

Four-Year-Old Dies After Shooting Himself in Head

​In today's roundup of the travesties and tragedies of South Florida: A 4-year-old boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the head, a police officer shoots and kills a man during a traffic stop, the search for a missing boater has turned into a homicide investigation, and a teen dies o ... 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 >>

Shower Posse, the gang holding Jamaica hostage, has bloody Miami roots

A Miami Shower Posse Victim Calls for "Dudus" Coke's Head

"Dudus" Coke, fugitive leader of the Jamaican gang that terrorized South Florida.​Elonia and David Reynolds fled crack-flooded Miami Gardens soon after the murder of their daughter. They were afraid-- but not of the drug dealers perched on every corner. It was their own rage that scared them, ... 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 >>

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 >>

News Roundup: Your Barbecue Grill Is Not a Space Heater

A family brought a charcoal grill inside to keep warm. They had to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. [JustNews]  A 9-year-old girl and her stepfather were found shot to death in their apartment. Police believe it could be a murder-suicide.  [FoxNews] Today's 36-degree temperature ... More >>

That 6-Year-Old Italian Boy Wasn't Miami's Only New Year's Shooting Victim

Less than an hour after midnight New Year's Eve, a bullet fell from the sky and plunged into the chest of a 6-year-old Italian tourist hanging out in the Design District with his family. ​City leaders were horrified and immediately set about to help the victim: Miami's good image. OK, OK, ... 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 >>

Family of slain tourist wants Miami Beach cop to pay

Silence and Death in Liberty City

Two killed, 16 wounded, and no answers in Liberty City.

The Jury is Out on Estefano's Alleged Shooter

New Lead in Estefano Shooting Case

Redskins Safety Sean Taylor Shot in Florida Home

The Calvo Case

A recently released report suggests that investigators are trying to implicate Denise Calvo in the murder of her husband

Blood in the Streets

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

The Fast Life and Near Death of Nica

He was raised to be a soldier by the contras in Nicaragua. When he came to South Florida, he found his calling as a gang warlord.

Hour Town

Six months after its debut, the county's scheme to keep teens out of nighttime trouble gets mixed reviews

Love Hurts

When it comes to crimes of passion, Hialeah is Dade's undisputed champ. Unfortunately, the competition never lets up.

Justice Undone, Part 4

Bjorn DiMaio and Anthony Vincent are going to jail for the murder of their friend Andrew Morello. Even though they didn't do it.

Calm, Cool, and Collecting

Miami Beach Police Sgt. Dan Pinder was accidentally shot by another cop. Now he's trying to put the hurt on the city.

Justice Undone: Part 2

The investigation into the killing of Andrew Morello is not closed. Yet.

Forbidden Fruit: Part 3

A comatose Danny Donovan hits the jackpot, but there's still the question of who shot him