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Twelve People Shot at B-day Party in Miami’s Overtown, Near Cop Shop

Miami Police this morning are reporting 12 people shot in Overtown. Details are really vague, but it seems a group of three wearing black clothes shot into a crowd at a birthgday party. In addition, one person was hit by a car. Police Chief John Timoney reported AK-47 casings were...
By Chuck Strouse
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Miami Police this morning are reporting 12 people shot in Overtown.

Details are really vague, but it seems a group of three wearing black clothes shot into a crowd at a birthgday party. In addition, one person was hit by a car. Police Chief John Timoney reported AK-47 casings were found at the scene.

It all happened not long after midnight at 527 NW Fifth St. Three of the victims are in critical condition.

The area is just a half-mile from the Miami Police station and has a long tradition of nasty crime. More on this story as it develops.

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Chuck Strouse is the former editor in chief of Miami New Times. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes and won dozens of other awards. He is an honors graduate of Brown University and has worked at newspapers including the Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times.

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