MIAMI – Three people died and a man was taken to a hospital following a standoff at a home southwest of Miami, police said, Miami-Dade police were called to the neighborhood around 5 p.m.
Sunday after a man ran to a neighbor’s house, telling them he was shot by his son, news outlets reported. Police officers tried to make contact with anyone inside the home before hearing another gunshot, officials said.
A SWAT team and hostage negotiators arrived and attempted to make contact with anyone inside the home before eventually forcing their way inside.
They found the bodies of two women and a man, who was believed to be the gunman, police said. Officials told news outlets that two children made it safely outside the home.