Parents and community leaders will take to the streets of northwest Miami-Dade Thursday afternoon to call for an end to gun violence after yet another young person was shot and killed Wednesday night.
A Facebook post from a mother who helped organized the rally reads "It's time to take back our streets. Every time you kill someone, we're going to rally the area until they catch you."
The latest incidents left one teen dead and another injured in a pair of shootings that happened only minutes and a few blocks apart.
Miami-Dade Police say one of the shootings was reported in the 1400 block of Northwest 71st Street near 14th Avenue. Miami-Dade Police said the 17-year-old victim was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, but died from his injuries.
Family members have identified the teen victim as David Goulbarne.
Just blocks away and a few minutes later, there was another shooting in the 7500 block of Northwest 19th Avenue. Dequan Gordon, 16, was shot in the leg and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in stable condition.
In both instances, police say the teens were walking when a gunman walked up to them and started shooting.
Police believe the suspect took off in a red Toyota Camry that was waiting for him, and continued to fire more shots as the driver pulled away.
Investigators are looking into whether the shootings are connected.
The shootings occur just on the heels of another deadly shooting which claimed that life of a 6-year-old boy who was shot and killed last weekend as he played outside with friends.
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Two teens were arrested in connection with that shooting.
The shootings have hit a nerve with community members who want to see an end to violence and the killings of young people.
Rapper Fat Joe visited the New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church in northwest Miami-Dade Wednesday to speak to a small gathering of families who have been affected by gun violence.
The church's pastor said bringing the rapper to the small church is about giving the families at the front lines of violence hope.
"The thing about kids and the youth is they don't know what they can be yet," Fat Joe said, adding "Sometimes you don't even know, you're so busy being a parent, working, paying the bills, doing what we gotta do, we don't even know what our kids is into, so we got to talk about it. Not only do you have the kids who choose to be into crime but then you have the innocent bystanders."
The church says they are raising money to donate to Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers to help solve the unsolved cases related to youth and violence.
If you have any information on these cases, you're urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
