A suspect in custody after shooting an employee at a Miami apartment building and then setting the complex on fire.
Dozens of firefighters descended on a four-storey apartment complex on Monday morning to comabt the blaze, which resulted in scores of residents to be evacuated.
First responders arrived at the building after receiving calls about a fire around 8:15 am, and began rescuing residents from the building’s balconies, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said during a news conference.
A man was also found at the scene with gunshot wounds and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Suarez later said it is believed that the suspect shot an employee then intentionally set the fire. The individual’s name has not been released and police investigations are ongoing.
Shortly before 6pm local time the City of Miami Fire Department announced that the fire was “under control.”
