A man was killed and a least two people were injured during as gunshots rang out on Sunday afternoon in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.
Sunny Isles Beach Police said a shooting occurred at around around 1:30PM, at the Alamo Rent A Car along Collins Avenue, across from the Trump International Beach Resort.
Another nearby shooting around the same time happened just to the west on the westbound entrance of the William Lehman Causeway.
Aventura police said they were working with Sunny Isles Beach and Miami-Dade police to learn if the two shootings were connected. There may have been a road rage incident that set off the incident.
Paramedics transported a 19-year-old woman to Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. Her condition was not disclosed.
Police were searching for a silver GMC Yukon with Florida tag BNE 3360. Police are looking for three suspects. Police said the suspects were armed with an AK-47 and several handguns.
There shooting sparked panic inside the nearby Kosher restaurant “Mozart Cafe”, but there does not appear to have been any shots fired in the vicinity. According to an eyewitness, panicked customers hearing the shots dove for cover under the tables.
“Everybody [was] hiding under tables. My wife, my kid, my mother in-law. This is it. I’m carrying from now on,” a man can be heard saying in video posted online [SEE BELOW].
Sunny isles shooting around Trump international. Heard 7-8 shots fired
— Yan Schechter (@yanschechter) May 12, 2019
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A shooting in Sunny Isles Beach Florida. Possibly involving Rapper NBA Youngboy! @JohnMoralesNBC6 #eyewitness #nbc6 #shootingsunnyisles @NBAYoungBoy2323 pic.twitter.com/XKHDxuZaf9
— Solomon Sion (@thesolosion) May 12, 2019
We were unloading the family car to have #MothersDay lunch in Sunny Isles when today's shooting occurred directly across the road. There were two long volleys of gunfire about 10-15 seconds apart. Immediately got the family out of there. @SIBPD @CityofSIB @wsvn
— Eric Ezzy Rappaport (@ezrapp) May 12, 2019
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Police investigating shooting outside Hertz rental car in Sunny Isles Beach. Several other scenes. pic.twitter.com/BLffNHHNeO
— Carli Teproff (@CTeproff) May 12, 2019
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