Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death in an alleyway in northwest Miami-Dade Tuesday morning.
Miami-Dade Police officials said officers responded to the scene located near Northwest 26th Avenue and 95th Street just after 7 a.m. after reports of a person being found in an alleyway.
Officers found an adult woman with a gunshot wound at the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded and pronounced her dead.
The victim's identity wasn't released. Investigators did not release additional details on the shooting.
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Those who live in the area said they are not surprised by another shooting taking place.
"Many times, you hear gunfire because I have seen people dealing drugs. Cars drive by at night and I hear shots,” said one woman, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years but did not want to be identified. “I do not go out. I get terrified to walk out my home at night”
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
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