NBC 6’s Victor Jorges has the latest on the incident that reportedly involved a child having a gun pointed at him.
A large police presence, including SWAT units and officers from Miami Beach and the city of Miami, responded to an area in northwest Miami early Friday morning after a report of an armed man.
Officers arrived at the area near a gas station located near Northwest 55th Street and 17th Avenue located in the city of Miami.
Miami Police said they received a call of a man who pulled a gun and pointed it at the head of a child before fleeing the scene.
The scene cleared just before 5 a.m. and officers said the alleged gunman, identified only as a Black male in his 30s, remains at large.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
