Multiple people shot during Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Miami
MIAMI – Three people were transported by emergency personnel to a hospital, and others brought themselves in for treatment after a shooting during a Miami Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, CBS Miami reported.
Police said a total of eight people were injured, five of whom were juveniles, including an 11-year-old and a13-year-old.
A source told the station two of the wounded were in critical condition after the incident, which occurred at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. Celebrants had gathered at the park following the city’s annual parade to honor the civil rights icon.
Two individuals have been detained, and two weapons have been recovered, Miami-Dade police said via Twitter.
It is unknown if additional subjects are at large as this investigation continues to be very active.
Witnesses reported hearing gunfire just west of where food trucks and booths had been set up, CBS Miami reported.
One food truck vendor said, “I saw a lot of people running. I think like five people got hit, probably all teenagers, three girls and two male.”
Police have not said if a motive in the incident is known.
In a tweet, Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez called the incident “shameful.”
“Certainly not what the followers of Dr. King Jr. want out of our community,” he wrote.
