A fatal shooting outside the Tropicana Bar & Lounge in northwestern Miami‑Dade County left 45‑year‑old Travis Sentell Sims dead on September 1, 2024. Officers and Miami‑Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded to a ShotSpotter alert at Northwest 79 Street and 10 Court, a location near the boundary of the Gladeview and West Little River neighborhoods. Sims was pronounced dead at the scene and covered with a yellow tarp.

The shooting followed a fight at the bar, according to a witness related to the victim. Another adult male was wounded and taken first to Hialeah Hospital, then transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center; his condition was reported as stable.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Miami‑Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305‑471‑8477. Can anyone who was near Northwest 79 Street and 10 Court that night or who knows more about the fight at the Tropicana Bar & Lounge help investigators?