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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – Residents of a Miami Gardens neighborhood are on edge after a shootout in the middle of the night had them ducking for cover.
Dozens of bullets fired from automatic weapons were heard late Tuesday night along Northwest 196th Street.
One resident’s surveillance camera captured footage of the gunfire.
“Around midnight, ‘bam,’ I start seeing a whole lot of, you know, really loud automatic weapons firing,” said witness Louis Rivera.
The gunfire appeared to be targeting the car that was driving by.
Inside his home, Rivera told his family to hide.
“I run to the hallway and tell my wife, ‘hit the floor,’ because they are outside shooting at each other,” he said.
Rivera’s 6-year-old daughter took cover with her mother.
“I was scared, I was shaking, I was nervous,” said Rivera’s daughter.
The drover who appeared to be targeted crashed into Rivera’s fence, driving it into the ground before exiting the vehicle.
“One of them tried to jump that fence over there, but I guess he got scared of my big dog that I got back there,” said Rivera.
Another neighbor’s home and truck were also hit by bullets. The resident was unable to start the brand-new truck vehicle, Thursday morning.
As of Thursday afternoon, there was no word from Miami Gardens Police, as neighbors deal with the aftermath of a violent attack in the middle of the street.
“It looked like it was happening everywhere,” said Rivera. “Doesn’t matter if you live in Miami Gardens, you live in Opa-locka, you live in Kendall. I mean, it is happening everywhere. There’s no respect for anything anymore.”
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