Early Morning Shooting at Miami Gardens Gas Station Sends One Victim to Hospital

Police responded to a shooting overnight outside a Miami Gardens gas station that sent one person to the hospital.

Reports of shots being fired came in outside the Valero store located off NW 182nd Street and 7th Avenue just before 4 a.m. Police would not release details – but according to a store employee, two men were reportedly trying to steal a bicycle when the bike's owner confronted them.

One of the thieves was shot during the incident, leaving the scene on the bike but being picked up by rescue crews several streets away and transported to an area hospital. His condition is unknown at this time.

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