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Miami-Dade Schools Employee Found Fatally Shot in Gladeview

Officers responded to the scene near Northwest 72nd Street and 13th Avenue after receiving a ShotSpotter alert around 3:45 a.m., Miami-Dade Police officials said

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Police are investigating after a man who worked for Miami-Dade County Public Schools was fatally shot Friday morning in northwest Miami-Dade's Gladeview neighborhood.

Officers responded to the scene near Northwest 72nd Street and 13th Avenue after receiving a ShotSpotter alert around 3:45 a.m., Miami-Dade Police officials said.

When the officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene by officials.

Friends identified the man as Maurice Bellamy, an employee with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Family and friends on the scene said he was shot in front of his grandmother's home.

Miami-Dade Schools confirmed that Bellamy was an employee who had most recently worked at Lorah Park Elementary.

Crisis counselors were sent to the school, officials said.

Maurice Bellamy
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Maurice Bellamy

The shooting remains under investigation.

Check back with NBC 6 for updates.

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