Man transported after shooting near high-rise in downtown Miami

MIAMI (WSVN) - A man had to be taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds following a shooting near a high-rise in downtown Miami.

City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene along the 800 block of Northeast First Avenue at around 8:45 p.m., Thursday.

According to Joel Furrer, a resident of the Paramount Building, the man was shot in the street and ran inside of the Paramount to get help.

“We came out through the lobby, and we heard that someone got shot,” Furrer said. “We were told that he was at the light and came over to the lobby for help, and that’s where he collapsed. As soon as we came out of the lobby, there was paramedics loading up the guy into the gurney. There was gauze with blood on it, so there’s definitely something that did happen.”

Authorities said the man was robbed and shot just blocks away in the area of Northeast Ninth Street and First Avenue, but it remains unknown what was taken from him.

Paramedics transported the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in unknown condition.

Cellphone video captured paramedics placing the victim in the back of a waiting ambulance.

7News cameras captured a crime scene in front of the Paramount Building.

The shooting comes two days after another shooting at the nearby Opera Tower. There were reports of shots fired, and several people were detained in that situation.

Furrer said his neighborhood is usually safe.

“It’s kind of a very quiet, chill area here, but it’s kind of a shocker,” he said.

The shooting remains under active investigation, and the gunman’s description remains unknown.

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