The gunmen waited outside the party for about 40 minutes before opening fire just as revelers were leaving the celebration, authorities say.
Witnesses say three people with guns opened fire outside a local concert venue.-- two who were killed instantly -- early Sunday when three assailants unleashed a barrage of gunfire on a crowd standing outside a birthday party concert at a rented banquet hall in suburban Miami, police said.
About 100 shell casings were collected at the scene by investigators, Ramirez said, adding that some party-goers under attack returned fire.Three of the wounded victims are in critical condition and two of them are on life support, Ramirez said. On Friday, one person was killed and six were injured in a drive-by shooting in Miami's Wynwood arts district. That came two days after nine people were killed in a workplace shooting in San Jose, California, in which the suspect died by suicide.
The deadly fusillade erupted when a white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up to the El Mula banquet hall that was being rented for a birthday concert for a local rapper, three armed occupants exited the vehicle, aimed at the crowd and fired, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement briefing that was reviewed by ABC News. Ramirez said investigators suspect the gunmen waited patiently nearby before committing the ambush.
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