One person was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting in North Miami Beach early Sunday, authorities said.

The shooting happened near the 1300 block of Northeast 157th Street.

Police confirmed one person was killed at the scene and the other person was hospitalized in critical condition, but gave few other details, including their identities.

The shooting was believed to be an isolated incident and there was no threat to the public, police said.

The shooting remained under investigation.

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NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Cynthia Hernandez, a North Miami Beach mother, was released from jail Saturday night after posting an $11,500 bond as her 6-year-old autistic son continues to recover from life-threatening injuries.

Hernandez covered her face as she left jail, declining to speak with Local 10 News.

Authorities said her son, Mason, was brutally beaten last week by Hernandez’s boyfriend, 34-year-old Daniel Eduardo Romero.

They said Mason suffered bleeding and swelling in his brain, liver, kidney, as well as spleen lacerations and a broken shoulder. He was unconscious for roughly 30 minutes and was placed in a medically induced coma, but his family said he opened his eyes yesterday, bringing hope to the community.

Police allege Romero, who is not Mason’s biological father, instructed Hernandez, 33, to tell authorities that Mason fell off a bike. Mason went into cardiac arrest and had no pulse when first responders arrived.

Jail records show Hernandez faces charges of child neglect, failing to report child abuse, and providing false information to law enforcement.

Her attorney, Nicolas Torres, disputed the main charges, saying Hernandez acted appropriately once she learned her ex-partner had harmed the child.

“Whenever Ms. Hernandez became aware that it had been her ex-partner who had committed the abuse on the kid, they immediately took the child to the medical center,“ said Torres. ”I believe that would fulfill any requirement of reporting she would have had as it relates to the abuse the child sustained at the hands of the partner.”

A Miami-Dade bond court judge on Saturday ultimately found enough probable cause to move the case forward. More of Hernandez’s attorneys say she is also a victim of Romero and remain confident she will be vindicated.

Records show Romero was arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse, child neglect causing great bodily harm and providing false information to police during an investigation.

Elizabeth Garcia, Mason’s maternal grandmother, who has temporary custody of Hernandez’s other children, shared videos of him opening his eyes and a GoFundMe page has been created to help the family with mounting medical expenses.

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A man is dead after a Miami Gardens police officer shot and killed him outside a home Friday afternoon. Police remained on scene for hours as they investigated what led to the shooting.

Neighbors told CBS News Miami they heard anywhere from three to nearly a dozen shots.

“And one minute later, there were 30 cop cars come by, every type of car,” neighbor Bryan Delpozo said.

Delpozo has lived for years near Northwest 182nd Street and 35th Avenue. He said he has never felt unsafe despite other shootings in the past.

“It’s kind of scary to be honest cause it’s so close by and not so long ago happen like a couple houses down too that’s kind of scary,” he said.

Another neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said in Spanish she was “super worried because you can be outside and something like this can happen.”

Police say they encountered a person in crisis

The shooting happened just before 4 p.m., a time when many people were getting home from work or school. Chopper 4 captured a large police presence and a yellow tarp in the backyard, where officers say they encountered a person in crisis.

“They saw this person that had a weapon,” Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel‑Pratt said. “There was potentially another person that was on the scene that they [saw fit] that they needed to protect that person that was on the scene.”  

Unclear how many officers fired

Miami Gardens police and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement worked late into the night, even bringing in a mobile command center as they tried to determine what led up to the shooting.

“And we are not sure if there was one officer or two officers that fire fired their weapon at this time,” Noel‑Pratt said.

When asked for more information about the officers involved and their years of service, the chief said the department is still working through the details.

FDLE leading the investigation

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is now leading the investigation, which is standard when an officer fires a weapon.