{"id":347341,"date":"2026-07-21T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347341\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:55:09","slug":"man-shot-in-leg-during-attempted-robbery-in-opa-locka-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347341\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot in leg during attempted robbery in Opa-locka, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0July 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0July 21, 2026 at 10:43 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UQOQZOCAQ5HE7OKBWCXPB3S5FA.jpeg\"  width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/>(WPLG) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">OPA-LOCKA, Fla.  \u2014 A man was shot in the leg Monday night during an attempted robbery at a townhome community in Opa-locka, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/21\/balean-a-hombre-en-una-pierna-durante-un-intento-de-robo-en-opa-locka-dice-la-policia\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/21\/balean-a-hombre-en-una-pierna-durante-un-intento-de-robo-en-opa-locka-dice-la-policia\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to police, the shooting was reported at The Mirage at Sailboat Cove complex in the 1800 block of Northwest 143rd Terrace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the victim was shot once in the leg after several unknown males approached him and tried to rob him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics responded to the scene and treated the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police confirmed that OLPD\u2019s Criminal Investigation Unit is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No other details were immediately released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with information about the attempted robbery and shooting is asked to call the Opa-locka Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe urge all residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity or emergencies promptly to local authorities,\u201d OLPD said in a news release. \u201cThe safety and security of our community are paramount, and we appreciate the cooperation of all residents in maintaining a safe environment for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM Updated:\u00a0July 21, 2026 at 10:43 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand(WPLG) OPA-LOCKA, Fla. \u2014 A man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-347341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347341","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=347341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}