Recent Florida International University graduate, 22, is fatally shot while driving on I-95 in Miami
- Melissa Gonzalez was shot dead Saturday evening on Interstate 95 in Miami
- Gonzalez, 22, was recent graduate of Florida International University, police said
- She was driving near Miami’s West Little River neighborhood when shots rang out and she was struck in the head around 8.30pm
- Authorities are trying to determine if she was targeted or struck by a stray bullet
- Passenger in her car told cops he believes gunshots came from dark-colored car
A recent Florida International University graduate was shot dead while driving along Interstate 95 in Miami.
Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect or suspects who killed Melissa Gonzalez, 22, as she drove near Miami’s West Little River neighborhood around 8.30pm Friday evening.
Gonzalez was traveling with 26-year-old Julian Cortina when she was struck in the head.
Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect who killed Melissa Gonzalez (left and right), 22, as she drove near Miami’s West Little River neighborhood around 8.30pm on Friday. She was traveling with 26-year-old Julian Cortina (right) when she was struck in the head
Cortina told police that he heard multiple gun shots and then noticed that Gonzalez was bleeding profusely from her head. He said he immediately called 911. First responders rushed Gonzalez to Ryder Trauma Center hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later
Cortina told police that he heard multiple gun shots and then noticed that Gonzalez was bleeding profusely from her head.
He said he immediately called 911. First responders rushed Gonzalez to Ryder Trauma Center hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
Officers from the Florida Highway Patrol are actively investigating the shooting.
They are currently trying to determine whether Gonzalez’s vehicle was struck by a stray bullet or if she was a target.
Police are also looking through security cameras in order to try and find the gunman.
Cortina told investigators that he believed the gunshots came from a dark-colored car.
Gonzalez’s mother, Shiella Nunez, said her daughter would have turned 23 later this month. Nunez said Gonzalez had just graduated from FIU in the summer of 2019
Cortina told investigators that he believed the gunshots came from a dark-colored car. Police at the scene of the shooting
Police (pictured at the scene) are looking through security cameras in order to try and find the gunman
No other injuries were reported during the shooting.
Gonzalez’s mother, Shiella Nunez, told NBC 6 that her daughter would have turned 23 later this month.
Nunez said Gonzalez had just graduated from FIU in the summer of 2019.
Gonzalez was getting ready to take the LSAT and apply to law school, her mother said.