Chief Delma K. Noel-Pratt said on Friday a “gang nexus” caused the shooting that woke up residents on Wednesday in Miami Gardens.

A quiet night was shattered by the rapid staccato of gunfire in Miami Gardens on Wednesday.

The trial continued Friday for Charlie Adelson, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of his former brother-in-law, Florida State University professor Daniel Markel in 2014, in Tallahassee.

Convicted hitman Luis Rivera was cross-examined Monday in the trial of a South Florida dentist accused of being the mastermind behind a murder-for-hire plot that left a Florida State University professor dead.

The murder-for-trial plot that resulted in the death of an FSU professor is in Day 3.

A Florida man has died in prison about two months after receiving a life sentence for helping his son kill the younger man’s estranged wife.

Sigfredo Garcia is handcuffed by a deputy after being found guilty in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel as co-defendant Katherine Magbanua sits with her attorneys, Oct. 11, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. Police and prosecutors alleged he and Luis Rivera traveled from South Florida to Tallahassee to kill Markel. Wendi Adelson and Daniel Markel were in the midst of a bitter custody battle when the Florida State University law professor was fatally shot in July 2014. "Email evidence indicates Wendi's parents, especially her mother, wanted Wendi to coerce Markel into allowing the relocation to South Florida," the affidavit said. Katherine Magbanua wipes away tears after the father of her children, Sigfredo Garcia, is found guilty of killing Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel, Oct. 11, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Katherine Magbanua and Sigfredo Garcia sit in court during closing arguments in their murder trial, Oct. 10, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. They are charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A jury will decide the fate of two South Florida residents charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Wendi Adelson and Daniel Markel were in the midst of a bitter custody battle when the Florida State University law professor was fatally shot in July 2014. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat Katherine Magbanua's lead defense attorney Christopher DeCoste addresses the jury as he presents his closing arguments, Oct. 10, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida.