Miami Beach imposes Spring Break curfews following two fatal shootings and unruly crowds

(Spring Break in Miami, Image credit: Twitter)

Spring Break is in full swing in Florida’s resort towns; but this weekend, things turned violent in Miami Beach.  On March 19, the City issued a state of emergency and curfew.  Those measures were imposed in response to two fatal shootings and excessively large and unruly crowds, according to police in Miami Beach.  The curfew went into effect Sunday night and lasted through 6 a.m. on Monday morning.

City of Miami Beach Issues State of Emergency and Curfew
– Curfew to be in effect on Sunday, March 19 from 11:59 p.m. until 6 a.m. on Monday, March 20, 2023 with separate emergency measures to be issued from Thursday, March 23 through Sunday, March 27, 2023 – pic.twitter.com/qYqwxLHxFA

— City of Miami Beach (@MiamiBeachNews) March 19, 2023

The City Manager for Miami Beach intends to impose similar and additional curfew restrictions from Thursday, March 23 through Monday, March 27. 

Fatal gunfire in the area occurred on Friday and again on Sunday, with three people shot and two dying from their injuries, according to MSN.  The Friday shootings and the Sunday shootings appear to be unrelated, isolated incidents, according to a police statement attributed to a report from CBS News. 

MBPD has confirmed that this was a targeted and isolated incident. The identities of all parties cannot be released while the investigation is ongoing.

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— Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) March 19, 2023

Spring Break 2023 marks the third consecutive year that curfews had to be mandated in South Beach due to violence and unruly crowds descending upon the popular party spot.

For more on the violence and the two shooting deaths in Miami necessitating the curfews, see the video accompanying g this article.

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