2013 Hialeah shooting

2013 Hialeah shooting
Location of Hialeah within Florida.
Location1485 West 46th Street, Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates25°51′51″N 80°18′39″W / 25.86428°N 80.3109°W / 25.86428; -80.3109
DateJuly 26–27, 2013
c. 6:30 p.m. – c. 2:30 a.m.
Attack type
Mass murder, massacre, arson, shootout, mass shooting
WeaponsGlock 17 Gen 4 semi-automatic pistol[1]
Deaths7 (including the perpetrator)
Injured0
PerpetratorPedro Alberto Vargas
MotiveUnknown[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Gunman Called 911 Hours Before Shooting Rampage in Hialeah Apartment Complex". NBC Miami. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  2. ^ Zachary Fagenson (July 29, 2013). "Motive a mystery in Miami area mass shooting". Reuters. Retrieved July 31, 2013.