Cops said three gunmen jumped out of an SUV

Two people were killed and more than 20 wounded early Sunday in a mass shooting at a rap concert in the Miami area, police said.

Cops said three gunmen jumped out of an SUV and fired into the crowd with assault rifles and handguns in the suspected targeted shooting just after midnight at the El Mula Banquet Hall.

“I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence, where over 20 victims were shot and 2 have sadly died,” according to a tweet from Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III.

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A covered body is seen near the doors of the billiard club that was rented for a concert after three gunmen killed two people and injured at least 20 people overnight in the Hialeah area of Miami Dade county on May 30 2024.“These are cold-blooded murderers that shot indiscriminately into a crowd and we will seek justice. My deepest condolences to the family of the victims.”

Ramirez told CBS that the attack was a “targeted act of gun violence.”

Eight people were taken to the hospital by medics and at least a dozen victims went to various area hospitals by private means, according to reports.

Miami-Dade police investigate near shell case evidence markers.
The El Mula Banquet Hall had been rented out for a concert.
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The shooting at the El Mula Banquet Hall broke out just after midnight at a concert west of Miami Gardens, Ramirez said, according to the Miami Herald.

The hall, inside the Country Club Shopping Center, had been rented out for a rap concert as part of a Memorial Day weekend album release party, according to the Miami Herald. Ramirez told the newspaper that a white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up and the three shooters stepped out with assault rifles and handguns and opened fire on the crowd.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Levina Cava said she was “horrified” by the holiday weekend carnage.

Miami-Dade police investigate near shell case evidence markers
Miami-Dade police investigate near shell case evidence markers.
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“Horrified and heartbroken by this start to the holiday weekend,” she tweeted.

“I urge our community to be safe and smart. Please—don’t let any more lives end in senseless violence.”Within hours of the shooting, relatives of the victims gathered outside Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital — some joining hands in prayer.”Words can’t explain how I feel right now,” Chad Harris, whose 19-year-old daughter was among those shot, told WSVN-TV. “She’s in surgery right now. We’re just praying.”

The Miami-area mass shooting comes after a disgruntled San Jose railyard worker Samuel Cassidy allegedly killed nine and injured multiple people on Wednesday.

It was also the third shooting in the Miami area since Thursday, when three people were injured in a shooting and car chase near Casino Miami Jai-Alai, the Miami Herald said.

Miami-Dade police investigate near shell case evidence markers.
Two people were killed and over 20 people injured in a shooting outside the banquet hall.

On Friday, one person was killed and six wounded in a drive-by shooting in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, the newspaper reported.

Cops said three gunmen jumped out of an SUV

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