MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – Ten people were injured in a shooting outside The Licking in Miami Gardens, sources tell 7News, and the incident happened while rapper French Montana was shooting a video at the time, according to witnesses.
Miami Gardens Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Units responded to reports of a shooting at the restaurant, located in the 17600 block of Northwest 27th Avenue, just before 8 p.m. Thursday.
7News cameras captured an active scene outside the restaurant just after 10 p.m.
According to a police source, there are three different crime scenes, but the whereabouts of the other two are unknown.
As of 10 p.m., Miami Gardens police have not confirmed the number of casualties.
“We are still working [the scene]. Yes, there are multiple shots, there are multiple cases,” said MGPD detective Diana Gorgue. “We are still working. We can’t confirm any numbers at this time as everything is still fresh and they are still investigating.
Paramedics airlifted four victims to the Ryder Trauma Center.
“We had a total of 10 [victims]. Four went to hospital and we treated six transported,” a first responder said in radio transmissions.
7News cameras captured rescue teams carrying two of the victims to hospital on stretchers. Medics on standby immediately began to treat the victims.
Witnesses said Montana shot a music video outside of The Licking.
Cellphone video captured the rapper outside the restaurant wearing a red shirt.
Witness Ced Mogul said he went outside to watch Montana shoot the video and at some point someone in the crowd watching the production had their watch, keys and wallet stolen.
“[He asked to] call his mom and see if we can get spare car keys and make sure he’s, you know, he’s okay, and then the shots went off,” Mogul said, “at least 13, 14, 15 shots of fire. It was very fast, it looked like an assault rifle.
Police did not say if anyone fired into the crowd or if there was an exchange of gunfire.
“I started running and I was looking back, but I was like, ‘You know what? First let me slip away and then people started asking me, you know, ‘Can you ‘help?” Mogul said. “When I realized people were asking for help, there was nothing you could do about it when you got shot.”
According to 7News sources, one of the victims is listed in critical condition, but the condition of the other patients is unknown.
Montana’s status is unknown, but as of Thursday night there was no indication he was among the injured.
No deaths have been reported.
Police said they believe the shooting was an isolated incident. It’s unclear whether or not they’ve arrested anyone, as they continue to investigate.
Copyright 2022 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
0