Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning at an outdoor shopping mall in Doral, Florida, local authorities said.
“Preliminary information from investigators is that there was some kind of altercation or altercation between patrons at a local establishment within this commercial complex,” said Detective Alvaro Zabaleta of the Miami-Dade Police Department. Said Mentioned late night at press conference photograph The incident happened around 3:30 a.m. at a club in CityPlace Doral Mall.
Zabaleta said a security guard on duty then intervened and was fatally shot. He said “[o]Officers working at the business at the time immediately responded, and a “gunfight” ensued, in which the officer was shot in the “lower leg” and the gunman was shot and killed.
“At this time, we know that two Doral Police Department officers actually fired their weapons, but as I said, only one was injured by the gunfire,” Zabaleta said.
Zabaleta also said six people were shot, one woman and five men. He said two of the injured were admitted to a trauma center in “serious condition”.
according to to Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez said the investigation into the shooting is a “multi-agency investigation” between the Doral Police Department, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FLDE) and the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD).
“this is [an] It was a very sad day for our South Florida community,” Lopez said at a news conference. “Every time a law enforcement officer is shot, the core of our community is torn apart. But we are grateful he is alive and in stable condition.”
The Hill reached out to CityPlace Doral, FLDE and MDPD.
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