Miami-Dade County

Authorities search for gunman after man shot during argument in NW Miami-Dade

It happened shortly before 5:39 a.m., when the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5600 block of NW 19th Avenue for reports of a person shot.

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A man was shot early Wednesday after what authorities believe was a verbal dispute that turned violent in northwest Miami-Dade.

It happened shortly before 5:40 a.m., when the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5600 block of Northwest 19th Avenue for reports of a person shot.

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Once there, deputies found a man who had been shot and rushed him to the Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition.

According to the sheriff's office, a preliminary investigation reveals that the victim and another man got into a verbal dispute, "which escalated when the subject produced a firearm and shot the victim."

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That subject fled before deputies arrived.

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