At least 2 killed, 20 injured in "targeted and cowardly" Miami mass shooting
30 May 2021
At least two people have been killed, and 20 others injured, in a shooting in Miami Saturday night, Miami-Dade police said in a news release.
Details: Three people got out of an SUV and started "shooting indiscriminately into the crowd," per the statement. They then got back into the SUV and fled the scene. Investigators with the police's homicide bureau are looking for the perpetrators.
- Eight of the victims were transferred to hospitals in Miami-Dade and Broward. Twelve other victims "were self transported" to hospitals in the area, per the statement. One of the victims was in critical condition.
State of play: It's the second mass shooting in Miami in two days. Seven people were shot, and one of them died, in a shooting in the city Friday night, per NBC Miami. Police are looking for people involved in that shooting as well.
What he's saying: "I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence, where over 20 victims were shot and 2 have sadly died," tweeted Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III.
- "These are cold blooded murderers that shot indiscriminately into a crowd and we will seek justice. My deepest condolences to the family of the victims."
Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.