An investigation is underway after a deadly shooting in the heart of Brickell.
The police activity is focused on the intersection of SW 1 Avenue and SW 8 Street where there is a body on the ground, covered in a tarp, steps away from the Brickell City Centre. Near the body, more than a dozen yellow evidence markers dotted the ground.
A witness said he was walking around the corner to go to the bar Blackbird Ordinary when he heard a man and woman shouting at each other. He said a car then came speeding by and he heard gunshots. He said the shooter ran past him, dropped the gun, then stopped to pick it up before running off.
“It happened right in front of me. The second it happened was pretty quick. The guy went off and started yelling and then he shot, I heard about seven or eight shots. So then after a car just sped off and he ran across the street and went to the apartment. That’s pretty much what I seen from there,” said Chris Felix.
He said shortly after the gunfire, he heard a woman screaming for help
A car in front of the city centre, which had a bullet hole in it, was towed away. It’s unclear how it is connected to the shooting.
Investigators are working to determine what led to the shooting.
