A number of people have been detained for questioning early Thursday morning after a taking pictures was reported exterior a UPS facility in Hialeah, police confirmed.
The incident unfolded round 3:20 a.m. at 6001 East Eighth Avenue, based on Hialeah police.
Responding officers discovered the sufferer, who had been shot a minimum of as soon as, hiding within the car parking zone. Hialeah Hearth Rescue transported the person to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Middle for therapy. The sufferer’s situation has not but been disclosed.
Shortly after arriving on the scene, officers detained a number of people who gave the impression to be making an attempt to flee close to East Eighth Avenue and 56th Road. Police haven’t confirmed how many individuals have been detained or their potential involvement within the incident.
Authorities haven’t launched any particulars relating to a motive or what could have led to the taking pictures.
A person on the scene advised Native 10 that he acquired a name from the sufferer, a UPS worker, simply earlier than the taking pictures occurred.
“He advised me to return right here as a result of any person was making an attempt to leap him. That’s once I got here,” the person mentioned.
He added that by the point he and one other good friend arrived on the facility, police have been already on scene, and he was unable to talk with the sufferer.
“I used to be apprehensive about my good friend,” he mentioned. “Once I requested them what was happening, they wouldn’t inform me. I’m principally household, so I needed to know what was happening.”
One other girl, who mentioned she was on the facility to choose somebody up, reported listening to gunshots earlier than being stopped by police. Each she and her passenger have been held briefly whereas the investigation continued however have been later allowed to go away.
As of Thursday morning, police haven’t launched the names of these detained or supplied extra particulars concerning the circumstances surrounding the taking pictures. The investigation stays lively.
