At least 22 people were shot, including two killed instantly, when three assailants unleashed a barrage of gunfire on a crowd standing outside a birthday party concert at a rented banquet hall in South Florida, police said.
Dozens were shot at a Miami-Dade concert venue, police said.At least 22 people were shot, including two 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 a suburb of Miami, police said.
No arrests have been made in what was the 17th mass shooting in the United States in May alone, and the second to rock the Miami area since the start of Memorial Day weekend, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online website that tracks shootings across the country.
The deadly fusillade erupted when a white Nissan Pathfinder drove 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 the preliminary information briefing from law enforcement.
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