By the time 2025 was four days old, Miami-Dade police were investigating the second shooting death of a child.
Saturday night, Miami-Dade police say, two children were shot near the corner of Northwest 13th Street and Sixth Avenue in Florida City. Though airlifted by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to Jackson South’s trauma center, Johvan Taylor died at the hospital.
He was 13.
The other child is hospitalized in stable condition.
Miami-Dade police say early investigation found that a group of youths were outside a home when at least one shooter approached “and shot into the group” before running away.
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Wednesday, just a few minutes into the new year, 10-year-old Yaneliz Munguia was killed by a stray bullet in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood.
Anyone knowing anything about either child’s death should reach out to Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade & the Florida Keys either online or at 305-471-8477 (TIPS). Anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers that lead to an arrest can be eligible for a reward up to $5,000.