FLORIDA CITY - A man died Thursday morning after being found shot on a street near a Days Inn, Florida City Police said. At 7:41 a.m., officers received a gunshot detection alert in the area of Palm Drive and U.S. 1, Sgt. David Hunsberger said, noting it was not on the motel's property.

A man has died after he was found lying on a sidewalk in Florida City Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the chest, authorities confirmed to Local 10 News.

The victim, who Miami-Dade police identified as 22-year-old Marco Ortiz Rodriguez, was in the rear passenger seat of a Ford F-150 pickup truck that was traveling west on SW 344th St. A 1994 Toyota Corolla driven by Torres Figueras pulled alongside the truck and displayed a handgun, according to the report.

An 18-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge in the shooting of a man found near a Days Inn in Florida City on Thursday.

An 18-year-old has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a man on a Florida City street that police said involves “familial ties.”