--- description: Eight people, including at least six youngsters, were injured after shots rang out in Miami during a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. title: 11-Year-Old Girl Among 8 People Shot During MLK Festivities in Miami image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7ba13c38188b8b3/6988b5b6a988ca01c36baa66/miami-dade-mlk-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 11-Year-Old Girl Among 8 People Shot During MLK Festivities in Miami  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2017 3:45 PM CUT  A concerned mother is met by Miami-Dade police officers as she searches for her child after several were injured in a shooting at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in Miami-Dade, Fla., on, Jan. 16, 2017. A concerned mother is met by Miami-Dade police officers as she searches for her child after several were injured in a shooting at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in Miami-Dade, Fla., on, Jan. 16, 2017.Carl Juste—Miami Herald/AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2017 3:45 PM CUT Eight people, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured Monday after [shots rang out](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article126861799.html "undefined") in a Miami park during a celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr., police said. Panic erupted about 3:40 p.m. when shots were fired at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a [news release](http://www.miamidade.gov/police/releases/Shooting%5FPD170116021106.asp "undefined"). The victims included the 11-year-old, five teenage girls and two men, ages 20 and 30\. All suffered apparent gunshot wounds. Their conditions were not immediately known. It’s also unclear what prompted the shooting. Police said two people have been detained “for questioning to determine their involvement, if any.” Celebrants gathered at the park for a family festival following the city’s annual parade to pay tribute to the civil rights icon, according to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/us/miami-park-shooting-mlk-day/ "undefined"). The day’s festivities draw thousands of people each year, the Miami _Herald_ reports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4636295/mlk-miami-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4636295/mlk-miami-shooting/"},"headline":"11-Year-Old Girl Among 8 People Shot During MLK Festivities in Miami","datePublished":"2017-01-17T15:45:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:37:10.888Z","description":"Five of the victims are teenage girls","url":"https://time.com/4636295/mlk-miami-shooting/","keywords":["Crime","Florida","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7ba13c38188b8b3/6988b5b6a988ca01c36baa66/miami-dade-mlk-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7ba13c38188b8b3/6988b5b6a988ca01c36baa66/miami-dade-mlk-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Miami MLK Park Shooting","caption":"Miami MLK Park Shooting","creditText":"Carl Juste—Miami Herald/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4636295/mlk-miami-shooting/","name":"11-Year-Old Girl Among 8 People Shot During MLK Festivities in Miami"}}]}] ```