A “heated dispute” at a Hialeah home ended with a man fatally shooting a person who stabbed a father and son, police said. NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports
A "heated dispute" at a Hialeah home ended with a man fatally shooting a person who stabbed a father and son, police said.
Video from the scene showed Hialeah officers at West 10th Court off of 40th Place, where a yellow body bag could be seen outside a home early Thursday.
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WATCH HEREHialeah Police officials said multiple people were gathered at the home when there was a verbal dispute that escalated.
A man allegedly armed himself with a knife and attacked another man in his 50s. When the victim's son, a 16-year-old boy, saw his father being attacked, he "intervened and sustained multiple lacerations to his arms," police said.
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Then, as the suspect was leaving the home, another man got a gun and fired at the stabber, killing him, according to authorities.
Police said the teenage victim was expected to recover, while his father was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
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The shooter was taken into custody and could face charges, police said. Officials haven't released the identities of anyone involved.
One neighbor said she was stunned when she walked out of her home overnight and saw a man lying on the ground.
"I heard a shot and I opened the door, and when I walked out I saw the man running," a woman said. "I was shocked, but I wasn't sure what was going on. Then I took a shower and when I looked outside again, I saw police and the body on the ground."
The witness told NBC6 that there were always several people going in and out of the home. It's unclear why they were gathered there, but police said this was an isolated incident and not a familial dispute.
The incident remains under investigation.
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