3 dead including corrections officer in Miami-Dade grad party shooting

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police are investigating a shooting that killed three after a graduation party in Southwest Miami-Dade early Sunday morning, NBC Miami reports.

The shooting happened at a strip mall parking lot and left three people dead including a corrections officers, according to the Miami Dade Police Department.

Police said the party took place in the parking lot when two cars, a dark colored Chevy Malibu and a white Toyota Camry, pulled in and started open firing.

Our community was again painfully struck by gun violence overnight. No one is immune, this shooting took the life of a correctional officer. We all have the responsibility to report these killers. My deepest condolences to those affected by this intentional act of violence.

— Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III (@MDPD_Director) June 6, 2021

Two of the deaths happened when the Malibu crashed into a wall at a nearby college campus, NBC Miami reports. A firearm was found in the vehicle, police said.

A female corrections officer with the state of Florida died a short time later after she was transported to a hospital, according to MDPD.

Several others were injured in the shooting, investigators said.

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