{"id":197842,"date":"2026-03-19T14:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197842\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:46:26","slug":"authorities-identify-man-allegedly-involved-in-shooting-of-miami-dade-water-and-sewer-employee-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197842\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities identify man allegedly involved in shooting of Miami-Dade Water and Sewer employee &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Authorities are asking for the public\u2019s help finding a man they believe was involved in the shooting of a Miami-Dade Water and Sewer employee.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, 37-year-old Nathan J. Cooper pulled the trigger during a <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/miami-dade-water-and-sewer-worker-critical-following-shooting-in-north-miami-dade\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/miami-dade-water-and-sewer-worker-critical-following-shooting-in-north-miami-dade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confrontation with a county employee<\/a>, later identified as 33-year-old Sean Webster, which led to the man being hospitalized overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s mother told 7News he is improving after having been shot in the chest Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Webster got into an argument with Cooper outside a townhome on Northwest 84th Street, off Fourth Avenue in North Miami-Dade, just after 4:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Webster was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital\u2019s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, authorities positively identified the shooter to be Cooper. They said he is armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any information on this crime, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Authorities are asking for the public\u2019s help finding a man they believe was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-197842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197842","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=197842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}