The way we were...the day The 'Sharks' tried to take over Ed's Market in Overtown

Fifty years ago this week a gang of kids tried to move in on Ed's Market on NW 5th Avenue in Overtown.


The "Sharks," was a gang with a membership of three girls and two boys, and its leader, an 18-year-old thug named Robert Russell.


The Miami News reported that all three of the boys were armed when they entered Ed's tiny market at about 7:15 p.m. on the evening of July 13, announcing, "