At least
two people were killed
and an estimated
20 to 25 people
were
injured
in a shooting near an establishment in northwest Miami-Dade County, near Hialeah, in southern Florida, according to police.
The shots broke out early Sunday morning at a group of people who were at a "scheduled event" at an establishment called El Mula Banquet Hall on 186th Street, west of Miami Gardens, according to a statement from authorities.
[Memorial Day weekend begins in Miami with a shooting that left one dead and six injured]
The banquet hall had been rented for a concert.
Three people got out of a truck and opened fire on the crowd outside, explained Police Director Alfredo
Freddy
Ramírez III.
Authorities believe the shooting was planned.
Miami-Dade police cordon off the scene of the incident.
"These are cold-blooded killers who fired indiscriminately into a crowd and we will seek justice," Ramírez said in a tweet.
The Miami-Dade Fire Department found two people dead when they arrived at the scene and transported eight people to various local hospitals, the statement said, adding that 12 other victims went to the hospital on their own.
Between three and four patients with fire injuries were taken to Palmetto General Hospital.
One suffered a wound below the groin, another in the abdomen, another in the arm and leg and another below the knee.
At least one of the injured people was taken in
critical condition
to the hospital, the statement said.
There were no detainees so far.
"This is a despicable act of gun violence, a cowardly act," Ramírez told the Miami Herald.
With information from NBC News, AP and the Miami Herald.