{"id":268790,"date":"2026-05-13T01:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268790\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:27:16","slug":"miami-dade-detectives-investigate-child-wounded-in-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268790\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade detectives investigate child wounded in shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Miami-Dade<\/p>\n

Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies walk in front of a house where a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in southwest Miami-Dade County on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

Devoun Cetoute<\/p>\n

dcetoute@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n

A child was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself with his mother\u2019s gun in southwest Miami-Dade County on Tuesday afternoon, the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

The 6-year-old boy was first brought to Jackson South Medical Center for a gunshot wound to the collarbone and was then flown by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on the 10100 block of Circle Plaza West near West Perrine.<\/p>\n

Around 3:50 pm, the boy\u2019s mother was driving to Jackson South when she called 911 and said her child had been shot, Det. Argemis Colome, a sheriff\u2019s office spokesman, said.<\/p>\n

\"Residents Residents of a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood stand with sheriff\u2019s office deputies on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, after a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot himself. Devoun Cetoute dcetoute@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n

Detectives learned that the mother, whom the sheriff\u2019s office has not identified, was inside the home when she heard the gunshot. She ran into one of the rooms and discovered her child had shot himself in the shoulder, Colome said.<\/p>\n

After the mother rushed him to Jackson South, the boy was airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Regional Hospital for treatment. He is in stable condition, Colome said. Investigators recovered the handgun, which is the mother\u2019s, Colome said. Colome said it\u2019s still unclear \u201cwhat consequences she may face.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alessandria Smith said she has lived in the area for about a year and was shocked to hear that a child was shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like that was my little cousin,\u201d Smith said, noting children commonly play in the streets in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published May 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM.<\/p>\n


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David Goodhue<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies walk in front of a house where a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-268790","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\/268790","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=268790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}