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1 Dead, 2 Hospitalized After Murder-Attempted Suicide Inside Northwest Miami-Dade House

Police responded to the scene of a shooting and stabbing in Northwest Miami-Dade Wednesday night that left one person dead and two people fighting for their lives.

The incident happened at 99th Street and 26th Avenue just before 9:45 p.m. Police responded after a call of shots being heard from the home were reported.

When police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue entered the home, they found one person - later identified as 44-year-old Yunia Gomez - dead at the scene of a gunshot wound.

Two others in the home, 41-year-old Jario Ramon-Mejia and Gomez's 19-year-old daughter Eryka Jimenez, were rushed to Ryder Trauma Center. Jimenez is listed in stable condition after being shot, while Mejia's condition was not released with a stab wound.

Police are investigating the incident as a domestic related murder and attempted suicide, but would not give any other information as the investigation is on-going.

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