Monday - September 29, 2014

Reading Between The Lines

A shooting sent terrified patrons scrambling from a Miami nightclub early Sunday and left 15 people wounded, including an 11-year-old child, authorities said.

When Miami police and rescue crews arrived at a club called The Spot around 1 a.m., they said they found chaos among the large throng of adults and teenagers gathered there. Rescuers found wounded people inside and outside the club, some too hurt to flee, Miami Fire Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll said.

He told The Associated Press that the first emergency crews arriving on the scene were warned to use caution “because there was still active shooting taking place in the area.”

At least one person was reported in critical condition but the extent of the other injuries wasn’t immediately known.

Some people were running, “people were screaming, people were saying they were shot,” Carroll said, adding others were yelling for help for friends who had been shot.

The party in the new club continued into the wee hours Sunday morning. Strawberry daiquiris flowed. Music from DJ Bay Bay pulsed. Teens were chilling and dancing.

Then came the gunfire.

Witnesses said they heard dozens of rounds, maybe 100, rip through a storefront Miami nightclub called The Spot, wedged between a furniture store and a smoke shop.

When the gunfire stopped, 15 young people were wounded, bloodied and dazed, the youngest of them 11 years old, the oldest 25.

Some made it to the hospital themselves, others needed help from fellow party-goers. Still others were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital by Miami paramedics.

One 15-year-old boy was in critical but stable condition Sunday. Most of the other wounds were not life-threatening, and some of the injured were treated and released.

Police say they don’t yet know the motive for a shooting at a Miami nightclub that injured 15 people, many of them teenagers and one an 11-year-old girl, and resulted in a chaotic scene early Sunday.
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Police did not know how many shooters were involved in the incident, which took place at a club called The Spot, Miami Police Department spokeswoman Frederica Burden said.

“We found a chaotic scene with multiple people spilling out of The Spot into the streets and screaming and hollering of people shot inside,” Carroll said.

The injured ranged in age from 11 to 25, according to police.

11 to 15 year olds, out drinking at a club after 1am. Way underage, drunk, armed, and violent.

I looked at 6 versions of this report, and not a single one of them had a quote from a named person who was in the club. No pictures either. One did mention a table outside with pitchers of daiquiris and glasses all around. The 7th version had a picture of the club itself, which is a rather dumpy, run down looking place with bars on the windows. But at last, the 8th version had a snapshot of police and EMS workers on the scene ...

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