The
Miami Beach
authorities decided to decree a
state of emergency
this Sunday after two shootings with fatalities in the last few hours, at a time when the town is invaded by thousands of tourists who are taking advantage of the spring break known locally as "Spring Break". .
The situation, which is repeated every time with more episodes of violence year after year, led the local authorities to establish a
curfew
from 11:59 tonight until 6 in the morning on Monday.
The first of the shootings occurred Friday night on a busy street in Miami Beach, leaving one
person dead and another seriously injured
, local police said.
The shooting occurred at the intersection of Seventh Street and Ocean Drive, in the middle of the tourist area of Miami Beach, which these days receives a greater number of people for spring break, known as "spring break."
Upon arrival at the scene, officers found two men with gunshot wounds, who were transported to a local hospital, where one of them died shortly thereafter.
The sound of the shots caused
scenes of chaos
in the immediate vicinity, full of bars and clubs crowded at the time with people, as shown by several videos posted on social networks.
This Sunday, another person died after a shooting.
The local Police Department reported that the incident occurred at 3:29 a.m., when officers heard shots near Eleventh Street and Ocean Drive.
Upon arrival at the scene, police officers found a man with gunshot wounds.
He “was transferred to the Ryder Trauma Unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital, where
he later died
.
A second victim was injured but was treated and released at the scene," police said.
Police arrested a man nearby after a foot chase.
The subject's firearm was recovered near the scene of the incident, and a second handgun was also recovered, from the victim.
Last year, the authorities of this South Florida city had declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the tourist area after the disorders that occurred and left at least five people injured by firearms.
The disorders and excesses that occurred in 2021, during which one person died and more than a thousand were arrested, also forced the imposition of a curfew by the authorities, who seized drugs and up to a hundred firearms. .
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