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Miami-Dade police are investigating a mass shooting at a concert that has killed two people and injured 20 to 25 others in North Miami-Dade, near Miami Gardens. BY DEVOUN CETOUTE<\/p><\/div>\n
Two people were killed and up to 25 people wounded at a concert early Sunday morning in Northwest Miami-Dade in what authorities say is one of the largest mass shootings in the county in recent memory. One of those injured is in critical condition, according to police.<\/p>\n
The shooting started after midnight outside a concert at a banquet hall in a large shopping center on the 7600 block of Northwest 186th Street, Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo \u201cFreddy\u201d Ramirez said. The venue, El Mula Banquet Hall, is located in the Country Club Shopping Center in an unincorporated area north of the State Road 826 big curve near the Country Club of Miami.<\/p>\n
El Mula Banquet Hall had been rented out for the rap concert, police said. Some concert-goers were outside when a white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up, Ramirez said. Three unidentified people stepped out of the SUV with assault rifles and handguns and began shooting \u201cindiscriminately\u201d into the crowd, Ramirez said.<\/p>\n
Two people were shot dead at the hall and 20 to 25 others suffered gunshot wounds. One of the injured is in critical condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe this is a targeted act of gun violence,\u201d Ramirez said. \u201cThis is a despicable act of gun violence, a cowardly act.\u201d<\/p>\n