1 dead in police shooting in Edgewater – NBC 6 South Florida

One person is dead after a police shooting in Edgewater, authorities said. A witness identified the dead woman as a woman early Wednesday.

The shooting occurred in the area of ​​NE 2nd Avenue and 25th Street, Miami police said.

“They warned her many times, you know, to stop and please come here and all that, and yet she just charged and got shot,” said a witness who rented an Airbnb nearby.

The name of the victim was not disclosed.

No officers were injured in the shooting, police said.

Miami Police asked the public to avoid the area along Biscayne Boulevard to NE 2nd Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets due to police activity.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has taken over the investigation.

Miami police declined to comment further on what might have led to the shooting.

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