Man killed in Miramar drive-by shooting; shooter or shooters sought

A 20-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting outside of a Miramar home Tuesday morning, and the shooter or shooters remain at large.

Miramar Police identified the victim Wednesday as Ernst Valcourt, who turned 20 years old a day before he was killed. Records show he lived in Miami-Dade County.

Tania Ordaz, a spokesperson for the police department, said SoundThinking gun-shot technology, formerly known as ShotSpotter, alerted officers to the shooting in the 3200 block of Southwest 66th Way shortly before noon Tuesday. The car was shot at dozens of times, she said.

Footage from local TV news stations showed a Bentley parked outside the home with bullet holes in its windshield and the doors open on the front passenger’s side and front driver’s side of the car.

The shooting happened outside the home of an acquaintance of Valcourt, Ordaz said. Six people were inside the acquaintance’s home at the time of the shooting. Other people may have been in the car with Valcourt when the shooting began, but he was the only person found in the car parked outside by the time officers arrived.

Ordaz said the shooting appeared to be targeted, and investigators believe multiple people were in the car that the shooter or shooters fired from.

As of Wednesday evening, no arrests have been made and investigators have not yet identified a motive. The police department has not released information as of Wednesday about the shooter or shooter’s car.

“This was a very brazen shooting that happened in residential neighborhood in broad daylight, and obviously the individual or individuals who are responsible for this quite possibly won’t hesitate to do this again,” Ordaz said.