SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Rescue crews have airlifted a man to the hospital after he was shot in Southwest Miami-Dade, police said, triggering a search for the gunman responsible.
Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the shooting in the area of Krome Avenue and Southwest 192th Street, Wednesday afternoon.
Officials said a man was shot at or near a gas station.
Responding officers arrived to find the victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
Paramedics airlifted the patient to Jackson South Medical Center.
Witnesses said the shooter ran along Krome Avenue to a nearby nursery.
Aerial footage captured officers at the nursery as they began the process of searching for the subject.
Traffic in Krome Avenue remains open in both directions.
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