2013 Hialeah shooting
On July 26, 2013, a mass shooting occurred at the Todel Apartments, an American apartment complex in Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Seven people, including the shooter, were killed in the incident. The shooter was identified by police as 42-year-old Pedro Alberto Vargas, a resident of Hialeah, who, after setting his apartment ablaze, opened fire from his balcony and inside the apartment, then held two people hostage before being fatally shot by a SWAT team in the early hours of July 27.
| 2013 Hialeah shooting | |
|---|---|
Location of Hialeah within Florida. | |
| Location | 1485 West 46th Street, Hialeah, Florida, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 25.86428°N 80.3109°W |
| Date | July 26–27, 2013 c. 6:30 p.m. – c. 2:30 a.m. |
Attack type | Mass murder, massacre, arson, shootout, mass shooting |
| Weapons | Glock 17 Gen 4 semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Pedro Alberto Vargas |
| Motive | Unknown |
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