Model City

Police: Help find vulnerable woman who vanished in Miami

Miami police officers asked the public for help on Monday with finding a vulnerable 48-year-old woman.

Police: Miami ‘sweep’ in Overtown, Model City, Little Haiti reacts to ‘troubling increase’ in shootings

Miami detectives approached James Williams and two other men after seeing them in a dark street on Wednesday night in the Overtown neighborhood.

Police: Fearful Miami undercover agent uses fentanyl under threat during operation to catch drug dealer

A 39-year-old convicted felon felt suspicious, so he forced a Miami undercover agent to use fentanyl, police officers reported.

Man, 19, faces 4 attempted murder charges after Miami shooting

A 19-year-old man in Miami stands accused Monday of wearing a ski mask while he wielded a weapon and fired at a car injuring three men and a teenage boy.

Kentucky fugitive arrested after Miami police chase and 2 hit-and-run crashes killing 1, injuring 2

A 57-year-old fugitive was facing charges for two recent hit-and-run crashes that killed one victim and injured two others in Miami-Dade County.

Teenage boy dies after girlfriend stabs him outside Miami apartment building

Yahkeim Lollar wanted to become a stockbroker and was working to graduate from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, where he had been a running back for the football team. His family’s Christmas celebrations were just a few days away, but instead of wrapping gifts and baking cookies, they were planning his funeral.

Man known as ‘Chicago’ arrested for murder in Miami

Witnesses told police officers they saw a man stab another in the chest at a Miami bus stop. Detectives identified the murder victim as Jeffrey “Jeff” Howard and the killer who witnesses said ran away as Laurence “Chicago” Whittenburg.

Police: 1 injured after shooting in Miami alley

Police officers and fire rescue personnel found a wounded man in an alley after a shooting on Saturday in Miami.

Man in 60s caught in crosshairs of Miami drive-by shooting

Crime scene tape blocked the corner parking lot for USave Fish & Chicken & Smoke Shop after two men were injured during a shooting on Friday in Miami’s Model City neighborhood.

Police: What appeared to be a gruesome finding in Miami wasn’t

There is an area in Miami’s Model City neighborhood where garbage tends to pile up.

Victims of recent unsolved murders in Miami were both set to celebrate birthdays in July

Andre Mitchell and Treyshawn Wright had a lot in common.

Most of 2023 unsolved homicide flyers in Miami were from cases in Model City, Little Haiti

As of Sunday morning, the Miami Police Department had released 12 flyers for unsolved homicides in 2023.

Miami shooting kills ex-St. Thomas University basketball player and his childhood friend

A shooting killed two childhood friends who were in a black car on Saturday afternoon in Miami.

Want cocaine with your bread? Convenience store, smoke shop were drug dealing front, police say

Jessica Jones told detectives that she didn’t know anything about the drugs and weapons that detectives found inside a convenience store and its adjacent smoke shop, according to a report the Miami-Dade Police Department released on Wednesday.

Unsolved shooting injures 1 in Miami’s Liberty City, police say

After an early Friday morning shooting injured one person in Miami, crime scene technicians peppered about a dozen bullet markings around a few parked cars.

Police: 1 person killed in Model City triple shooting

Police said they are searching for two suspected shooters.