A 16-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital in critical condition early Friday after he was shot in a neighborhood near Homestead, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.

The shooting happened around 3:45 a.m. in the area of Southwest 283rd Street and Southwest 140th Place, west of the Florida Turnpike and just north of Biscayne Drive.

Deputies said they responded to a call about a person yelling and arrived to find the teenager, identified as Elijah Quintero , lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.

Deputies urge community help

"We're talking about someone's kid, someone's child," Miami-Dade Deputy Joseph Peguero said.

"We're reminding this community even if you review your camera or anything later on, if you have anything that may seem suspicious, a vehicle fleei

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