Person dead, 2 others in hospital after reported shooting at northwest Miami-Dade mall – NBC 6 South Florida

One person was dead and two others were hospitalized after a shooting at a shopping center in northwest Miami-Dade on Friday.

The incident occurred in the 7300 block of Northwest 36th Street, west of Miami International Airport.

Aerial footage from Helicopter 6 showed the body of a person behind the mall covered with a yellow tarp.

Several officers were on site and a person was apparently in police custody in front of a nearby Wendy’s.

Miami-Dade Fire Department officials confirmed they arrived at the scene and transported one person by air and another by ground to a local hospital.

Further information was not initially known.

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