On Sunday, law enforcement officers filmed the shooting outside a banquet hall near Hialeah, Florida. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
On Sunday, law enforcement officers handled the shooting outside a banquet hall near Hialeah, Florida.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, three masked suspects opened fire outside the Miami Ballroom, killing two men and injuring 21 others. The hunt continued until Memorial Day. Authorities said the shooting was in their community. Horror and grief spread in it.
On Monday, a grieving father interrupted the press conference and exacerbated the pain, while Miami-Dade Police Chief Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III condemned the gun violence over the weekend and called on the community Help track down the gunman.
"You killed my child for no reason," the upset man called as he was escorted away from the camera. Police later confirmed that Clayton Dillard was the father of two 26-year-old men who were shot and killed outside the banquet hall where the rap concert was held.
"This is the pain you see. This is the pain that affects our community in front of you," Ramirez said.
On Monday, the police released a surveillance video showing a white SUV driving into an alley of the strip mall where the El Mula ballroom is located near Hialeah, northwest of Miami-Dade. The video showed that three people got out of the car, one was holding a pistol, and the other two were holding what the police called "assault rifles."
At that time, the gunmen sprayed bullets at the crowd indiscriminately, even though the police stated that the attackers had specific targets.
Ramirez told the Miami Herald that the gunman waited 20 to 40 minutes before launching an attack shortly after midnight. The police said some people in the crowd fired back.
The video showed the three men returning later and driving into darkness. A total of 23 people were shot dead. In addition to two deaths, the other three were in critical condition in the hospital. Due to privacy laws, the police did not release the names of any victims.
On Monday, the SUV used in the shooting was found submerged in a canal about 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of the banquet hall. The police said the car was reported to have been stolen two weeks ago.
Sunday’s shooting occurred a little more than a day later, and a driving shot took the life of a man outside another field about 13 miles (about 21 kilometers) from the Wynwood area. Six other people were injured. Some witnesses compared the scene to a "war zone" because dozens of bullets kept people rushing at night.
The Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Daniella Levine Cava, said at a press conference on Monday: “This is a weekend. We should go out to remember and spend time with our loved ones while we are here. Mourning."
Kava said: "These despicable shootings in Northwest Miami-Dade and Wynwood are shameful acts of violence, resulting in the death and injury of innocent people."
The police said the two shootings were not related.
The police said that Sunday’s shooting appeared to have stemmed from a confrontation between the two groups, but refused to call these groups "gangs."
The businessman and TV personality Marcus Lemonis, the star of "Profit", promised to provide a $100,000 reward fund to help the authorities arrest suspects.