Police Investigate 4 Miami Gardens Shootings Since Saturday

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - Four separate shootings in Miami Gardens since Saturday has left two dead and four injured, police said. One of the shootings occurred Thursday outside a Family Dollar store on Northwest 27th Avenue .

Miami Gardens police say two men began arguing in the store and after the two men took the disagreement outside and one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the other man. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The gunman ran from the shopping center before police arrived.

On Thursday afternoon, three men were standing outside a Miami Gardens home in the 2300 block of Northwest 180th Terrace when two men with handguns approached them and started shooting, police said. The shooting left the three men wounded. The victims were 17, 19 and 25.

The men were taken to a local hospital, but their conditions were not released by police. Authorities are looking for a gray vehicle.

On Sunday, a 24-year-old Coral Springs resident was killed while visiting family. The fatal drive-by shooting occurred at Northwest 181st Street and Northwest 41st Court in Miami Gardens, police said. The victim was identified by police as Thristan Hanson.

On Saturday, a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in front of a strip mall on NW 191st St., police said. The man was identified as 21-year-old Michael D. Mathis Jr.

Police ask anyone with information about the shootings to call Miami Gardens police detectives at 305-474-6473 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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