MIAMI (WSVN) – Shots rang out during the Second Annual Taste of Miami Karnival in the Little Haiti neighborhood, leaving one person dead and sending two others to the hospital, one of three weekend shootings that authorities in Miami-Dade County are investigating.<\/p>\n
City of Miami Police units responded to a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage of the cultural event, near the intersection of Northeast 62nd Street and Second Avenue, just before midnight on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cMultiple gunshot victims. Rescue 2 is following all the units to Karnival,\u201d said a dispatcher in radio transmissions.<\/p>\n
Witness Leonel Frage said he heard several gunshots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard a \u2018pop, pop, pop.\u2019 It was four shots, \u2018pop, pop, pop, pop,’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A woman told 7News pandemonium ensued once the shots were fired at the event, where hundreds of people had gathered.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople were just running, screaming, jumping on each other, just trying to get away from the gunshots,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The woman said she then heard several more shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what got me is that they came back, and they shot again, twice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Sources told 7News a man was shot in the chest, a woman was shot in the leg, and another man was shot in the abdomen and backside.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I turned around, I saw a young guy laying, he was just unresponsive, wasn\u2019t responsive,\u201d said the woman who spoke with 7News.<\/p>\n
Paramedics rushed all three victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center, where one of them was pronounced dead and the two others are stable.<\/p>\n
The deceased victim was later identified as 23-year-old Kitchner Cyrille.<\/p>\n
A Taste of Miami Karnival is marketed as a free, family-friendly gathering featuring live music and celebrating arts and culture. This year, the event took a dangerous turn.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, bullets are flying. You don\u2019t know where it\u2019s going to hit,\u201d said the woman who spoke with 7News.<\/p>\n
While no arrests have been made, Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said they\u2019ve identified a person of interest during a Monday press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have some evidence that we\u2019re combing through. At this time, we do have a person of interest,\u201d said Morales.<\/p>\n
Morales added that the shooting was not directly related to the ongoing festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt had no connection to the festival whatsoever, other than the individuals were having what appears to be some differences outside where they\u2019re present at the same time,\u201d said Morales.<\/p>\n
Just an hour before the Little Haiti shooting, rescue crews airlifted one person to Jackson South Medical Center after, investigators said, gunfire tore through a Florida City neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Florida City Police units responded to the scene of that shooting near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, just after 10 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n