Community Corner
🌱 Why did gunshots bring a heavy police response to this complex?
Coming up: Special Magistrate Hearing on the North Miami Patch calendar
Cheers North Miami! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why did gunshots bring a heavy police response to this complex?
- How did a 3-year-old fall from this North Miami window?
- What North Miami neighbors saw during this deadly late-night abduction
Also on today's calendar: North Miami Silent Book Club and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Heavy thunderstorms, with a high of 90 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 88, low: 77.
- Thursday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 87 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Reports of shots fired at gated community in North Miami brings heavy police presence (wsvn.com) — North Miami residents saw a heavy police and fire rescue response Sunday morning after reports of gunshots and a shattered window at a local gated apartment complex. Witnesses described hearing shots, breaking glass, and alarms, while officials say they're still gathering details and have not yet released further information. 
• 3-year-old injured after falling from North Miami apartment window (cbsnews.com) — A 3-year-old girl was seriously hurt after falling from a third-floor window at a North Miami apartment complex on Northeast 18th Avenue, and is now being treated at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital. Neighbors rushed to help and called 911, and this is the second similar window fall reported at the same complex area this year.
• 22-year-old man dead after shooting turned into an abduction at North Miami apartment (wsvn.com) — A deadly overnight shooting and abduction at a Biscayne Boulevard apartment complex in North Miami left a 22-year-old man fatally shot and later found miles away in Southwest Miami-Dade. Neighbors described chaos, gunfire, and broken windows as police searched for suspects and a torched vehicle, and investigators are urging anyone with information to contact authorities.
📸 Around North Miami
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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Miami
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★ Featured events ★
- Special Magistrate Hearing →
Council Chambers, 776 NE 125 Street, North Miami
9:30 am
Wednesday October 7
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Other local events
- Sing and Read Storytime →
North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132 Street, North Miami
10:00 am - Library Social Worker from Prosperity →
North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132 Street, North Miami
3:00 pm - D4 S.M.A.R.T Tutoring Program →
Sunkist Grove Community Center, 12500 NW 13 Avenue, North Miami
4:00 pm - Line Dancing Classes →
North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132 Street, North Miami
6:00 pm - Trivial Tuesdays at Lost City Brewing Company in North Miami →
Lost City Brewing Company, North Miami
7:30 pm - Teen Advisory Board →
North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132 Street, North Miami
3:00 pm - D4 S.M.A.R.T Tutoring Program →
Sunkist Grove Community Center, 12500 NW 13 Avenue, North Miami
4:00 pm - Girls Who Code →
North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132 Street, North Miami
4:30 pm - Beginners YOGA →
North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132 Street, North Miami
6:00 pm - North Miami through the Century →
FIU Biscayne Bay Campus - Glenn Hubert Library, 3000 NE 151 Street, North Miami
6:00 pm - North Miami Silent Book Club →
City of North Miami Public Library, 835 NE 132nd St, North Miami
2:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Marine Interdiction Agent in North Miami Beach. Apply here.
- Adams and Associates, Inc. posted a job opening for Residential Advisor (63415) in Miami Gardens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Miami here.
🗞 Nearby News
North Miami Beach
- Autumn Appetites (biscaynetimes.com)
- Mom Leaves Kids for Cruise (mundonow.com)
Surfside
- Page 9 of Michelle Marchante (miamiherald.com)
- Condo prices stall across the US — not just in Florida — analysis shows (inman.com)
- Gisele Bündchen Net Worth 2026: The $479M She Earned Herself (guidenetworth.com)
Miami Gardens
- Family seeks answers after hit-and-run death of Shekina Dellmar-Donaldson in Miami Gardens (wsvn.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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