Three killed and six people injured in shooting at Florida graduation party
- Sunday’s shooting follows a Memorial Day weekend in the Miami area that saw three people killed in a mass shooting at a banquet hall
- Another shooting on May 28 in the Wynwood area of Miami killed one person and injured six others
Three people are dead and at least six others injured following a shooting at a Florida graduation party, the latest in a string of such violence in the Miami area, police said Sunday.
One of those killed was a police officer, Miami-Dade police Director Freddie Ramirez told news outlets. He said the party at a strip mall lounge was ending when one or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd.”
The identities of those killed and wounded were not immediately released on Sunday. The shooting happened around 2am in the suburb of Kendall.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she was “horrified” by this latest shooting.
“We will not allow a small group of violent actors to terrorise our community, and violent offenders will face the full weight of the law,” she said in a statement Sunday.
“I’m fully committed to making sure Miami-Dade Police Department has all the resources they need to end this cycle of gun violence and prevent more tragedy by getting violent criminals off the street,” she added.