{"id":160762,"date":"2026-02-19T03:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T03:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160762\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T03:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T03:44:07","slug":"teenage-boy-is-hospitalized-after-a-drive-by-shooting-in-southwest-miami-dade-the-sheriffs-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160762\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage boy is hospitalized after a drive-by shooting in southwest Miami-Dade, the sheriff&#8217;s office says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage boy remains in the hospital after a shooting in southwest Miami-Dade, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/miami-dade-sheriffs-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Miami-Dade Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened along SW 152nd Avenue near SW 80th Street, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/global\/release.page?Mduid_release=rel1771466013069149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">deputies say<\/a> a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old boy were walking when someone opened fire from a vehicle. The 15-year-old was struck multiple times as the vehicle fled the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rescue crews took the injured 15-year-old to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where the Sheriff&#8217;s Office said he is in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the 16-year-old was able to help his friend reach a safe area and call 911 for help.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said they are actively searching for leads but currently have no information about the suspect vehicle or the people inside it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not have any information regarding the subject vehicle or the subjects within that vehicle,&#8221; said MDSO spokesperson Samantha Choon.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the teens were targeted, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office said it is not ruling out that possibility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a heinous crime against children,&#8221; Choon said.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old who called 911 was not taken to the hospital, but authorities said he is shaken by the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a child. He&#8217;s shaken up by this,&#8221; Choon said. &#8220;So if anyone has any information, no matter how small you might think it is, please reach out to us and assist in this investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305\u2011471\u2011TIPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenage boy remains in the hospital after a shooting in southwest Miami-Dade, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[45925,265,7726,123,125,124,1064,40968,215,76981],"class_list":{"0":"post-160762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-child-shot","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-crime-stoppers","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-headlines","13":"tag-miami-news","14":"tag-miami-dade","15":"tag-miami-dade-sheriff039s-office","16":"tag-shooting","17":"tag-west-kendall"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}