An active investigation continues after a man was found fatally shot along a Southwest Miami-Dade road Thursday night.
Miami-Dade Police say the victim was shot near the intersection of SW 200th Street and 114th Avenue shortly before 8:30 PM. Officials say he tried to run for help, but collapsed on the sidewalk and later died.
Relatives came to see the spot where 19 year old Kemorie Wallace died last night.
"It's like it ain't sunk in yet," his grandmother, Mary Dingle. told NBC 6 in an exclusive interview.
His grandmother told me she last saw her grandson yesterday afternoon... And then police showed up at her doorstep with the bad news overnight.
One woman told us she found Wallace while he was still breathing.
"As Iām coming out on my bike Iām riding on the sidewalk, it's really dark,ā said Kelsey Sepulveda. āI see like something on the floor, a figure on the floor, a figure on the floor and when I got closer I almost ran into it and it was a body on the floor."
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Sepulveda said she tried talking to the man, but he wouldn't respond. "I saw him take his last breath," she said.
Now, Kemorie's grandmother hopes someone will come forward.
"Evidently someone had something against him,ā Dingle said.
Officers are still searching for the alleged gunman, who fled the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers.
