Police are investigating after an argument led to a shooting at a northeast Miami-Dade home that left one man dead and another hospitalized early Wednesday.
According to Miami-Dade Police, at around 2 a.m. Wednesday, units responded to a home located in the area of 161st Street and Northeast 2nd Avenue in Golden Glades after receiving reports of a man shot.
When officers arrived, they found that two men had been shot inside the home. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and later pronounced one of the men dead at the scene.
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The other had sustained a gunshot wound in the torso and fire rescue transported him to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital where he remains in stable condition.
According to Miami-Dade Police spokesperson Det. Luis Sierra, the preliminary investigation found that an altercation had ensued between two men and someone fired a gun, which was recovered at the scene.
Sierra said detectives are trying to figure out who fired first.
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Police added that the deceased victim was renting the efficiency in the back of the home and the surviving victim was a handyman that was doing work on the house.
Police have not released information about the identities of the victims or what events may have led up to the shooting, but they did say the surviving victim's brother, who arrived later, has been detained inside a police car and will be subject to questioning.
The surviving victim will also be questioned.
This is a developing story. Check back with NBC6 for updates.
