A man is dead and a suspect was arrested after a traffic crash led to a shooting in southwest Miami-Dade Sunday morning.
According to Miami-Dade Police, the suspect and the victim were involved in a traffic crash in the area of Northwest 36th Street and Northwest 32nd Avenue which erupted into an altercation between the two men.
Police said the suspect then took out a firearm and shot the other driver before fleeing to a home in the 15000 block of Southwest 137th Avenue, where he barricaded himself.
"I heard six shots," said Carl Smith, who lives nearby. "I went next door and I saw the man lying on the ground."
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Smith, who has lived in the area for 30 years, said violence increased once a bar opened on the corner of the street.
"At least once or twice a month, there's a shooting out here," Smith said, "It used to be a really good neighborhood."
The man who was shot was initially in stable condition but later died, Miami-Dade Police said.
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Officials also confirmed that a suspect was taken into custody.
Authorities have not released any additional information on the identities of the victim or the suspect.
