18-year-old injured in drive-by shooting in southwest Miami-Dade

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A drive-by shooting left an 18-year-old hurt in the front yard of a southwest Miami-Dade home Wednesday evening, according to Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputies.

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Neighbors, speaking off camera, said they heard five gunshots.

Drive-by shooting wounds one in southwest Miami-Dade

Sky 10 flew above the scene near Southwest 196th Avenue and 308th Street after the shooting.

Deputies were spotted focusing their attention near a house, walking in the driveway, while other deputies talked to one another at the intersection.

Deputies say they found the victim, who had been shot, in the county swale in the front yard of the home.

The victim was conscious and told deputies that someone in a vehicle drove by, and shots were fired from that vehicle, hitting them, authorities said.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics took the victim to the hospital, where he or she was listed in stable condition, authorities said.

Deputies have not confirmed whether the shooter was caught or what kind of vehicle they were in.

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