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Two Shot Outside SW Miami-Dade Home

A young man and woman were rushed to the hospital after being shot late Thursday in South Miami Heights.

According to family members, someone showed up on a bicycle and opened fire on the young man and a young woman who were standing in a yard of a home in the 20000 block of Southwest 114th Court.

A neighbor reported hearing five gunshots then the sound of a car speeding away.

The teens, 18-year-old Eddy Joo and 19-year-old Jaznique Dawson, were taken to Kendall Regional Medical center in critical but stable condition. Dawson was shot in the arm and back, while Joo was shot in the leg.

A third person who was with them wasn't injured.

There was no known motive for the shooting. No further information was immediately available.

If you have information on the shooting, you're asked to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.

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