A man was shot and killed outside a funeral home in Miami-Dade, County’s Brownsville neighborhood Thursday evening.
Investigators say a funeral service was ongoing at about 1:30 p.m. at Hall Ferguson Hewitt Mortuary, located on the 1900 NW 54th Street. Two unidentified person got into an altercation outside the funeral home. The physical argument escalated to shooting. Arriving officers administered a CPR on one of the duo before transporting him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The the second man was arrested from the scene and investigation is active. Evidence markers and a gun was recovered from the scene as detectives investigates the scene.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.