MIAMI, March 15: A man shot four people to death at a family gathering in a Cuban neighbourhood of Miami early on Sunday, then went home and killed himself, police said.

The man may have been upset because his wife had left him, according to a sergeant with the Miami Police Department’s homicide division.

Officers received a call shortly after midnight that numerous shots had been fired and a red pickup truck had been spotted leaving the scene. They arrived and found four bodies.

Juan Sosa, who lives a block away, was out walking his dog early on Sunday when he heard two shots and saw people running towards him, screaming. Then he heard as many as two dozen more shots and ducked behind a large tree to call police.

Soon after, someone called police to say a building about 5km away was on fire and more shots had been fired. That’s where the police found the alleged gunman dead.

Janseen Almodovar, who lives across the street, rushed outside when he heard people screaming and honking. He said the entire building and a truck out front were in flames.

“We thought the truck was going to blow up,” Almodovar said.

Panicked neighbours were not sure if anyone was inside the one-storey ivory stucco building, but they could not knock because the fire was so intense.—AP
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