NBC 6 Investigators

The May 2021 mass shooting outside a northwest Miami-Dade banquet hall took three lives, injured 20 – some of them severely – and put law enforcement on high alert for what could have become a bloody gang war over the rest of 2021. But, based on interviews both inside and outside law enforcement and a review of crime statistics, the…

One year after the ‘El Mula’ shooting police are still investigating. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

Staff at FDC Miami told NBC 6 Investigators exclusively that drones have been used more than once in an effort to get around the security at the concrete prison.

Staff at FDC Miami told NBC 6 Investigators exclusively that drones have been used more than once in an effort to get around the security at the concrete prison.

South Florida has become the capital of the Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgery as women fly in from across the country to undergo the popular procedure.

The Florida Board of Medicine met in Orlando to take action to try to make Brazilian butt lift surgeries safer. NBC 6’s Myriam Masihy reports

The FBI in Miami is warning parents about an increase in “sextortion” incidents involving children and teens.

The FBI in Miami is warning parents about an increase in “sextortion” incidents involving children and teens. NBC 6’s Heather Walker reports

School Fights in South Florida: It seems like they’re happening more often. NBC 6’s Heather Walker looks at the number of reported fights and what the data shows.

Videos of school fights are popping up almost weekly in South Florida. The videos show violent attacks and are landing students and adults in handcuffs.  “Every night I continue to play that video and audio so that I will continue to push,” said Christina Neptune who said her daughter was knocked unconscious at Gulfstream Academy in Hallandale Beach. She shared...

Across the country, there are more violent attacks being reported in schools. NBC 6 wanted to know if the problem is getting worse, so we pulled the numbers to get answers.

A state commission Tuesday took action against a Miami-Dade County attorney featured in the NBC 6 Investigators’ look into questionable billings by private lawyers appointed to defend death penalty cases. Private attorney Rae Shearn was ordered to pay back $282,806 – part of more than $2.2 million she has collected in public money since 2011 for representing clients who cannot…

A state commission took action against Miami-Dade attorney Rae Shearn to pay back more than a quarter million dollars. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports

Dilay Escalante took care of her large family when she helped them move from Venezuela to Miami. “I started to study because of her. I started to find a job because of her,” said her brother, Daivis Escalante. Looking to better their lives, Dilay went into the real estate business with Tainna Shepard, the wife of NBC 6’s Willard Shepard….

A Miami realtor died after traveling to Colombia for a weight-loss surgery. NBC 6’s Myriam Masihy found the medical credentials of the doctor who performed the surgery were already under investigation.

As several people in South Florida found out — before investing in a new coin, you should research it well to avoid losing it all. NBC 6 Investigators has their warning.

NBC 6’s Julia Bagg has more on the decision to free the wrongly convicted man decades later.

A Miami man who’s spent more than 30 years in prison after he was given a life sentence for a 1990 homicide is now a free man after prosecutors said he was wrongfully convicted. NBC 6’s Heather Walker reports

NBC 6 investigator Heather Walker has the latest on this breaking news story of Thomas James, who spent over 30 years behind bars.

A Miami man who’s spent more than 30 years in prison after he was given a life sentence for a 1990 homicide is now a free man after prosecutors said he was wrongfully convicted.