HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - A 50-year-old man and his teenage son were stabbed after a dispute inside a Hialeah home escalated, and the aggressor was fatally gunned down by the homeowner, police said.
7News cameras captured a large police presence along the 3900 block of West 10th Court after Hialeah Police responded to reports of shots fired, at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday.
Hialeah Police blocked off a large portion of the road as detectives conducted their investigation throughout the night. It lasted well into Thursday morning.
The 12-hour investigation would reveal that six people were gathered inside the home when an argument ensued. At some point things escalated, prompting one man to grab a knife and attack the 50-year-old man. The stabbing victim’s 16-year-old son witnessed the attack and tried to intervene and defend his father, sustaining lacerations to his arms.
Detectives said as the stabber was leaving the home, a fourth man, the homeowner, pulled out a gun and fatally shot the man.
The relationship between the homeowner, the stabber, and the stabbing victim is unknown.
7News camera captured trails of blood splatter and a bloody footprint on the sidewalk leading away from the home. The stabber’s body was also seen covered by a yellow tarp. It was later removed and taken to the Medical Examiner’s Officer.
Neighbor Yeika Oliver Castro told 7News in Spanish she heard gunshots Wednesday night.
“I heard the shots, and I ran out. When I opened the door, I saw a boy running,” she said. “Then later, I open the door again, and I saw all of the police, and then I saw a man dead in the road.”
Castro said she’s terrified because she has a son and couldn’t imagine this happening so close to home.
Another neighbor, Alberto Gonzalez, was seen cleaning up the aftermath.
“There was so much blood. A lot of blood on my car,” he said.
Jose Gonzalez, a friend of everyone involved, said he doesn’t know which of his friends he saw laying lifeless on the ground.
“When I looked over here, there was a body here laying down. I couldn’t see who the person was because I was too far away,” he said. “Very traumatizing and sad at the same time.”
Gonzalez said he doesn’t know how or why the fight began.
Police towed away a car from the home and were seen collecting evidence and taking photos of crucial clues.
The 16-year-old was transported to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, where he is in stable condition, while the 50-year-old man was taken to Ryder Trauma Center in critical but stable condition.
Police said this is an isolated incident, and the homeowner who fired the gun is in custody. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is attempting to determine whether or not he will face any charges because he shot the stabber as he had his back turned away from the shooter.
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