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Two dead and seven wounded in late-night Miami shooting | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Two people were killed and seven wounded in an overnight shooting in Miami, police say. | |
Investigators say multiple gunmen opened fire outside an apartment building complex in the Liberty City neighbourhood. | |
Kevin Richardson, 29, and Nakeri Jackson, 26, were killed in the attack. | |
Officials say they are investigating a motive behind the shootings, which happened shortly after 02:15 local time on Tuesday. | |
Later that morning, police cones marked dozens of spent shell casings outside the two-storey block of flats. | |
People standing nearby said they were afraid to talk about the shootings, the Associated Press reported. | People standing nearby said they were afraid to talk about the shootings, the Associated Press reported. |
"He said he was coming back. I want my baby. He don't mean no harm to nobody," Richardson's mother, Hermonya Richardson, told the Miami Herald. | |
The neighbourhood has been plagued by violence and shootings. Last April, a gunman opened fire into a crowd outside a corner store, killing a woman and wounding two men. | |
One resident, Jose Hernandez, told the Associated Press news agency gun violence is an almost daily occurrence in the area. | One resident, Jose Hernandez, told the Associated Press news agency gun violence is an almost daily occurrence in the area. |
"I have friends who have been killed," Mr Hernandez said. "This violence has to change." | |
But Tuesday's shooting was one of the worst in the city's history, the Miami Herald reports. | But Tuesday's shooting was one of the worst in the city's history, the Miami Herald reports. |
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