When bullets baraded Downtown Miami, condo owners grabbed their dogs and hid under beds. Residents told Local 10 News that they felt the impact of bullets hitting their windows. City of Miami police have not found the shooter but state they are investigating.
Citizens Fear For Their Lives
Despite their investigation, one woman scared to go on camera or state her name said she quickly hid under her bed with her dog — fearing for her life — after a gunshot hit her apartment window.
Mother Returns Home to a Crime Scene With Her Toddler’s High Chair In the Middle
Mother Vivian Olodun had a Sunday evening as she entered her 45th-floor downtown Miami apartment marked off with CRIME SCENE tape. Shards of glass were all over her daughter’s empty high chair sitting in front of floor-to-ceiling windows in the Olodun kitchen.
By looking at the glass windows, it’s apparent that a bullet struck the shattered window.
Police Advise Condo Owners To Sleep With Blinds Closed
City of Miami police advised her to sleep with the blinds closed.
“Some condo owners do not have window coverings to protect them from shards of glass,” said Christi Tasker from Miami Condo Association, a new blanket community established to oversee and advocate for high-rise condo owners and peaceful living.
Mrs. Olodun is a married marketing executive and mother of two toddlers and the owner of Flourish Media, a marketing agency with experience working with the City of Miami government, Disney, several banks, television stations and other brands.
Mrs. Olodun was attending a wedding when their nanny called with the alarming report that her apartment occupying her children had been fired upon. The nanny informed Mrs. Olodun that she heard five gunshots outside. The hurricane impact windows look like a large spider-web of shared glass directly on the window. The nanny said the glass did not immediately fall.
“Hurricane impact windows
The baby’s high chair was surrounded by shattered glass in front of the wall-length glass overlooking downtown Miami. Fortunately, at the time the bullets were fired, the Olodun’s two toddler daughters were playing in another room. Otherwise, this could have been catastrophic.
“Safety in condos is the first concern for all condo owners and residents. Many condo buildings have 24/7 security services, but that doesn’t help when the HOA boards allow short-term rental units in their buildings,” stated
Mrs. Oloson lives in a three-bedroom condo in Vizcayne South, a highrise tower on the 200 block of Northeast 2nd Street, just steps from Biscayne Bay.
“They almost shot my baby’s high chair. If the bullet had gone through the glass, it would have hit the high chair easily,” Olodun told the Miami Herald in an interview Monday from her three-bedroom condo.”
After receiving multiple calls that shots were fired in an occupied apartment, the City of Miami police spokesperson said officers responded to the call on Sunday around 7:15 p.m.
Public Information Officer Kiara Delva stated, “No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting; however, the investigation into the person responsible remains ongoing.” Ofc. Kiara Delva has been recognized by City of Miami Police Department as South Florida’s “Best Spokesperson of 2019!”
said police officers who visited her unit noted that investigators were looking for a shooter from one of the high-rises facing the Vizcayne South building.
Olodun said officers told her they didn’t believe her unit was targeted and considered it a random act of violence. The Only in Dade Instagram account posted video footage taken by the family’s nanny of Olodun’s floor after the gunfire, with glass shards scattered around the high chair and around toys laying on the wood floor off the kitchen.
On her own Instagram account, Olodun posted a video of herself sweeping up as the sun rose on Monday, the glass from Sunday seemingly gone. She revealed the gunfire incident from the night before and added a message to her followers: “Call your loved ones today… Life is too short.”
Her closing line on the eight-second video as the morning sun reflected off the buildings behind her asked: “Miami, what kind of city do we want to be?”
