Double shooting in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood injures 2, officials say
An investigation is underway in Wynwood to try to determine what led up to a double shooting near a popular restaurant that injured two men early Tuesday morning, according to officials.
Miami Fire-Rescue said that first responders were called to 316 Northwest 24th Street, the location of Dukunoo Jamaican Kitchen, just after midnight Tuesday regarding two people who had been shot.
"I heard around three gunshots," said Carl Kleinschroudt, who lives near where the shooting took place. "I didn't know what that meant. We do have a group chat in our building, and people were talking about how there were shots inside the Dukuroo, and they saw some people run outside the club."
When units arrived at the scene, they said they found the two men, an 18-year-old and a 23-year-old, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
One victim is in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, while the other is in stable condition, according to Miami Fire Rescue.
Now, the Miami Police Department is investigating what led up to the gunfire.
A CBS News Miami viewer provided video of the scene immediately after the double shooting. It appears to show both men on the ground, with one of them possibly being shot in the buttocks, and the other shot in the chest area.
"The one with the bullet wound in his buttocks, he didn't look too well," witness Neptune said. "He was kind of going in and out for a while."
Neptune was one of the Good Samaritans who helped.
"A lot of people ran into my store," he said. "I was under the impression that it was a live shooter, but after I got everyone inside and secured the doors, when I went to the front, there was a young man on the floor kind of bleeding out his backside. I took off my belt to help apply pressure."
Landen Turner, another witness, told CBS News Miami, "I was working, and I saw people running in the store and out on the street. Two young men were shot. This was crazy. This is a nice area."
CBS News Miami also spoke with Miami Police spokeswoman Officer Kenia Fallat. She provided an update on the victims and said they were both in their early 20s — one now in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the other stable. She said they were shot "multiple times."
She said, "At this time, the circumstances behind the shooting are under investigation, and there is very little information that we have as to what transpired. It is instrumental that anyone with information who was in that area call us. We definitely need information from somebody who has seen something. We definitely believe someone has information as to what transpired."
Fallat said they do not have a motive or a description of a shooter to release and do not know if that person was acting alone. Police have been searching for surveillance video.
She said, "A lot of times people with information think it is minimal, but at this point even if it is a tidbit of information it could be vital to investigators."