MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — One person was killed Sunday night in a shooting on Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County, authorities confirmed Monday morning.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the shooting occurred around 7:35 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway near the Golden Glades Interchange, just south of Hard Rock Stadium.
Troopers said the driver of a silver Hyundai was shot and subsequently crashed into a black Cadillac SUV that was not involved in the shooting.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that an off-duty Biscayne Park Police Department sergeant was traveling northbound on the Florida Turnpike, when he observed a silver Hyundai weaving in and out of traffic,” the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “He then heard a loud bang and observed the silver Hyundai crash into a black Cadillac. As the off-duty sergeant approached the Hyundai, the passenger exited the vehicle and stated the driver had been shot.”
Deputies said the sergeant immediately rendered aid to the victim, but first responders from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue eventually pronounced him dead at the scene.
The victim was identified by MDSO as 25-year-old Kendrick Javonne Lesesne.
No other injuries or deaths were reported.
Lesesne’s family told Local 10 that he worked at PortMiami with his grandfather.
They said he and his cousin had left Miami and were heading to South Carolina to visit other relatives, and planned to stop at his home in Pembroke Pines before he was shot to death.
Troopers confirmed that the northbound lanes of the Turnpike were closed for about six hours after the shooting.
MDSO is investigating the shooting, while FHP is investigating the crash that resulted from the shooting.
Detectives said they believe the shooting may have been the result of road rage, but they did not immediately have any information on the shooter or shooter’s vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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