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Police have released a few more details on their on-going investigation of a shooting that left three people dead and one person in critical condition.

Tuesday afternoon, officials had yet to release the identities of the victims. They did say the victims are related but are not saying how. Authorities also said relatives are flying over from another country to be at the bedside of the one survivor.

A day after police arrived at the home on the 9600 Block of Encino Drive around 2 p.m. Monday with a heavily armed force, the case remains shrouded in mystery. “Obviously, this is an active investigation,” said Miramar Police Spokesperson Tania Rues. “We will probably have more information when it comes to suspects and so forth later on in the day as well.”

Before police arrived with that heavy force, they received a call from a friend from the surviving victim. Police said the victim told the friend she had been shot in the face during a robbery the day before. “Our understanding is that she called the friend yesterday, said that she had been shot the day before,” said Rues. “However, that is what she said. We are still working on trying to establish the time line and pin down exactly what happened when.”

Whatever happened, the fact remains three people are dead and one is clinging to life after a shooting in a home. Neighbors are stunned. “This is shocking, definitely shocking,” said one man. “This is something that one would never want to have happen in the neighborhood.”

Residents in the area said a woman and three teenage sons live in the home. “As far as I know they are nice kids,” said another man. “They play basketball in the front, and it’s just a terrible thing.”

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Miami Police have released surveillance video of four armed men storming into a barber shop and attacking a local entertainer before robbing him.

Police said four black males between the ages of 18 and 25 years old invaded a barber shop on July 29 where Opa-Locka rapper, “Brisco”, was getting his hair cut. The armed subjects ordered the employees and customers to the floor inside the shop located at 6301 Northwest Sixth Avenue.

One of the men pistol-whipped “Brisco” and robbed him of his gold chain, watch, money and his sport utility vehicle. “There was a local rapper who had just left the photoshoot. He went to a barber shop to get his hair cut. They took a little bit more off the top then expected,” said Miami Police Officer Jeffery Giordano. “This robbery was off the chain. Four men entered the store, guns drawn, firing shots, luckily no one was hurt, robbing each individual that was in the barber shop. For a rapper to have his bling stolen, they might have well stolen that man’s heart. They took his car also. He had a Range Rover. The vehicle was recovered in another location.”

Authorities want to question an unknown man who was sitting in corner of the barber shop on a cellphone before robbery took place. Officials said after everything was stolen, one of the subjects tapped that man and he ran out.

If you have any information on this armed robbery, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward.

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