Cameras capture neighborhood shootout that forced residents to take cover

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (WSVN) - It was an explosive night in one south Florida neighborhood when residents woke up to what sounded like a warzone earlier this week.

Cars and homes on Northwest 196th Street in Miami Gardens were riddled with bullets following a shootout in the middle of the night late Tuesday.

Round after round of gunfire on a residential road were captured on security cameras.

The gunmen appeared to be targeting a car that was driving by.

“Around midnight, ‘Bang!’ I start seeing all the really loud automatic weapon fire,” resident Louis Rivera said.

Inside his home, Rivera told his family to hide.

“I run through the hallway, told my wife hit the floor because they are outside shooting at each other,” Rivera described.

His 6-year-old daughter took cover with her mother.

“I was scared. I was shaking. I was nervous,” the child said.

The targeted car crashed into a fence and knocked it to the ground before the occupants got out and ran.

“One of them tried to jump that fence over there, but I guess he got scared from my big dog that I got back there,” Rivera said.

Another neighbor’s home and truck were hit by bullets. His new work truck was unable to start Thursday morning.

There was no immediate word from Miami Gardens police as neighbors deal with the aftermath of a violent attack in the middle of the street.

“It looks like it’s happening everywhere. It doesn’t matter if you live in Miami Gardens, if you live in Opa-locka, you live in Kendall,” Rivera said. “I mean, it’s happening everywhere. There’s no respect for anything anymore.”

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