Brianna Sutherland, a 26-year-old Black woman from Miami who worked at a Kids Foot Locker and was the daughter of a Miami police sergeant, was shot while driving on Interstate 95 in the early hours of Valentine’s Day. On February 14, 2022, around 2 a.m., witnesses say another vehicle pulled up alongside her blue BMW near the Northwest 103rd Street exit and someone inside opened fire. Her car was struck by multiple bullets, mainly on the driver’s side, then crashed into a wall. She was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center on life support and died of her injuries on February 21, 2022.

The Miami-Dade Police Department opened a homicide investigation and released photos of the damaged car. Investigators have pursued possible motives including road rage and the theory that she may not have been the intended target, with some reports mentioning a potential link to local street gangs. As of March 2022 no arrests had been announced and a reward of up to $15,000 was being offered for information that leads to an arrest.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the vehicle or people involved, please contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477).