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Police have released surveillance footage of the moment three unidentified gunmen arrived at a rapper’s birthday party in Miami-Dade Sunday night before opening fire on the crowd inside, killing two people and injuring 22 others.
The gunmen were shown jumping out of a white van at El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade in the early hours of Sunday morning. They were all dressed in black and appeared to carry rifles.
Once inside, they opened fire on the crowd, killing two people, including Clayton Dillard III and one other person. Clayton was identified by his father on Monday.
It is not yet clear if the gunmen were targeting someone in particular or if they wanted to shoot indiscriminately.
The party went to ABMG Spitta, a local rapper whose real name is Courtney Paul Wilson. It is unclear if he was harmed.
The shooting was one of two over the weekend - a third person was killed in a different shooting.
How old is Clayton Dillard?
He is 26 year old.
Shooting
At a news conference Monday morning, Dillard’s father, who is also named Clayton, yelled ‘they killed my son! He killed my son!
He had to be subdued by local police officers. Detectives said the shooting was a targeted attack.
The party went to local rapper ABMG Spitta. It is not clear if he was hurt
The party went to local rapper ABMG Spitta. It is not clear if he was hurt
“This type of violence has to stop. The same thing happens every weekend. This is a goal, ‘said Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramírez.
Authorities believe the shooting was directed, but no arrests were immediately announced. After the shooting, the trio of gunmen returned to the car and fled the scene.
Many of the victims were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where a crowd of friends and family had gathered this morning to pray and wait for news.
A mother of one of the victims, Angelica Green, told NBC Miami that her son had called her in the middle of the night to tell her she was on her way to the hospital.
“She called us frantic, telling us that she had been shot, that it hurts, it hurts and that she loves us and wants us to know,” she said.
Victim
My husband says ‘don’t stay with us, stay with us’. We got in the car and talked to him to keep him alert. ”
Police were seeking help from the community to identify and arrest the shooters.
American businessman and philanthropist Marcus Lemonis tweeted that he will contribute $ 100,000 for information leading to the capture and arrest of the shooters.
“I am offering a $ 100,000 reward to help authorities in my hometown @MiamiDadePD arrest and convict the suspect / suspects … pass it on,” he wrote.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called for “swift and severe” justice.
“We mourn the loss of the two victims and pray for the recovery of the more than 20 people injured at El Mula Banquet Hall near Hialeah,” he wrote in a tweet. “We are working with the local authorities to bring justice to the perpetrators.”
Gun-related homicides have risen across the United States over the past year.
On Wednesday, a transit worker shot and killed nine people in a California train yard before shooting himself when police arrived.
In recent months there have been mass shootings at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, an office building in California, a grocery store in Colorado and at several spas in Atlanta.
