Shootings

Family of Raymond Herisse, Man in 2011 Memorial Day Shootout, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Nearly two years to the date of his death, the family of Raymond Herisse has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both the Miami Beach and Hialeah police departments. Back in 2011, during Miami Beach's Urban Beach Weekend, Herisse was shot at more than 100 times and struck with 16 bullets. It too ... More >>

Miami Beach Cops Ordered to Release Records From Memorial Day Shootout

On Memorial Day Weekend in 2011, Miami Beach police killed a Palm Beach man named Raymond Herisse in a hail of more than 115 bullets, wounding five bystanders in a terrifying scene caught on camera. Two years later, those shootings victims are still trying to figure out what happened that day.Now a ... More >>

MDPD Kills Man Who Jumped Into Cruiser, Tried to Run Down Cops

What started as a simple check into a man suspiciously peering into cars on a residential block in west Dade turned into a violent showdown when the suspect jumped into a police cruiser and tried to run down the cops.Before he could strike any police, though, an officer shot and killed the man behin ... More >>

The TruStory of the Scrilla Shooting: "The Way They Got MLK, They're Trying to Get Us"

When Miami rapper Young Scrilla was shot in Overtown while making a music video a couple of weeks ago, details trickled out like a weekend baller trying to make it rain with Wingstop coupons. Now, in a Crossfade exclusive, Dave and LT of TruStory Entertainment -- the bosses who threw last year's Ri ... More >>

Liberty City Mugger Shoots Mom In the Face In Front of Her Two Kids

A nightmare scenario played out in front of a Liberty City restaurant yesterday when an armed mugger confronted a mother with two young kids in tow and demanded her purse. The mom, identified by her family as Evelyn Matamoro, handed over her purse without a struggle -- but then the mugger shot her i ... More >>

Florida Gun Sales Roaring at a Record Pace After Sandy Hook Massacre

After the incomprehensible tragedy in Connecticut last Friday, most Floridians reacted like the rest of the nation: by crying, hugging their kids, and having an honest conversation about mental illness and gun control. Tens of thousands of Sunshine State residents, however, also took the massacre as ... More >>

Two Miami-Dade Schools Were On Lockdown or Alert Today Due to Nearby Shooting

There's no such thing as too much precaution following last week's travesty. Twp Miami-Dade schools were placed on lockdown today after a shooting occurred nearby. 

Stripper Shot at Miami Garden's Strip Club

Early this morning, two people, including a dancer, were injured during a shooting at The Office Gentlemen's Club in Miami Gardens. The shooter is believe to be a man who got in an argument with one of the club's bouncers.

Florida Man Who Stuffed Kittens In Freezer Is Also Roommates With Double-Shooting Suspect

Rodney Blanchard had already solidified his bid for "Worst Person In Florida" when police came to his mobile home this weekend to find that he'd stuffed four live kittens into plastic bags and trapped them in his freezer. But this is Florida, and Blanchard knew he faced stiff competition.Today, he u ... More >>

Bizzle, Murdered Miami Rapper, Was a Strip Club Star and a Family Man

A tragic scene at a local car wash has left one man dead and his killer on the loose. As already noted by Miami New Times' Riptide, Miami rapper Bizzle (born Robert Labranche) was shot and killed last night by an unidentified assassin at NW Seventh Avenue and NW 54th Street in Liberty City. He was ... More >>

The Santiesteban Clan of Pot Growers Implicated In Another Homicide

A newly released transcript in a federal case against a family of pot growers indicates they were involved in the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old boy. Four months ago, federal prosecutors announced the bust of Gilberto Santiesteban Jr., along with with his brothers Alexander and Derrick, for runnin ... More >>

After Gibson Park Shooting, the Thugs Are Winning the Inner-City Gang Wars

Uncle Luke, The man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wants Miami Police to reclaim the parks for the children.This past September 8, shortly after 9 p.m., things were tense in Gibson ... More >>

Dead Drivers: Four Shootings This Year Raise Questions About Miami-Dade Police Protocol

Charles William Collins was a career drug dealer and petty thief. Miami-Dade police knew as much when two undercover cops followed him into a bright-yellow pawnshop on NW Seventh Avenue in Liberty City on August 14. They pulled out their badges and asked him for ID. Collins said he left it in his ca ... More >>

Man Cleared in Controversial Stand Your Ground Case Shot and Killed in Liberty City

Greyston Garcia, a 26-year-old Miami resident who beat a murder rap thanks to the craziest interpretation yet of Florida's Stand Your Ground law, was killed Tuesday, the victim of a stray bullet in a gang shooting. His death came three months after second-degree murder charges against him were dropp ... More >>

Naked Man Shot by Miami Police After Eating Other Man's Face

So a naked a man was shot and killed by City of Miami police yesterday after he was caught literally chewing off the face of another man on a sidewalk near the MacArthur causeway. That's really all you need to know to send your head off into a tizzy, but we'll just add more details to assure you tha ... More >>

Teen Shot in Liberty City While Walking Home From School

​A 17-year-old boy walking home from school was shot in Liberty City this afternoon. The student is in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, while police search the area for the culprit.

Four Shot, Including 11-Year-Old, In Drive-By Shooting At Youth Football Game

​At 7:30 last night, Bunche Park was humming with activity -- pickup basketball games scuffling on the asphalt, young football players running drills, and moms and dads enjoying the cool November weather. Then a black Chevy Impala slowly drove past and rained at least a dozen bullets on the crowd, ... More >>

Ernest Vassell, Autistic Man, Killed by North Miami Beach Police for Carrying Toy Gun

​Last night, North Miami Beach police shot and killed Ernest Vassell after they thought he was violently brandishing a loaded gun. Turns out Vassell, who was autistic, was simply playing with a toy rifle.

Two Drive-By Shootings Claim Two Lives, Three Others Injured

​Two drive-by shootings in Miami this weekend that occurred just block and hours from each other resulted in the death of two people, and the injury of three others. The first critically injured a teenager, while the second claimed two lives and left two others injured.

Five Hurt, One Killed In Early Morning Liberty City Drive-By Shooting

via CBS4Bikes are scattered outside the scene of a drive-by.​A sizable crowd was hanging outside a grocery market in the heart of Liberty City a little before 1:30 this morning when police say a white Nissan Maxima rolled up and someone in the car started blasting indiscriminately.When the smoke c ... More >>

Elderly Murder-Suicide: 80-Year-Old Shoots Wheelchair-Bound Wife And Himself

via Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeDeputies outside the house where they say 8o-year-old Glen Tucker killed himself and his wife.Saddest story of the morning: An elderly Keys man has shot and killed his wife and his cat before committing suicide.Just after noon yesterday, Monroe County sheriffs got a ... More >>

Jose Seiglie, Miami PD's investigations chief, is biased in police shooting inquiry, activists say

Jamal Singletary, 24-Year-Old Armed Suspect, Shot and Killed by Police in Allapattah

​Last night, a 24-year-old named Jamal Singletary pulled an assault rifle and started shooting at an officer in Allapattah. The detective pulled his own weapon and fired back, killing Singletary on the spot, police say.Singletary becomes the eighth suspect killed by police fire in an urban Miami n ... More >>

UM Alum Brandon Meriweather Investigated In Shooting Of Two Men In Apopka

via New England Patriots​Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather -- a University of Miami star drafted in the first round in 2007 -- is under investigation in the shooting of two men at a house party in central Florida last week, according to a lawyer representing the victims.Meriweather allegedly pul ... More >>

Mayhem and murder rule at this little strip club

Guns at College? Father of Girl Shot at FSU Frat House Doesn't Think So

​Ashley Cowie, a sophomore at Florida State University, was shot and killed last month after an AK-47 accidentally went off at a party at a property housing fraternity brothers. Clearly, firearms and college parties don't mix well, but a bill introduced last month would allow students at Florida ... More >>

Miguel Exposito's Leadership Questioned Again Over Violent Reality TV Show Promo

​On Saturday, Miami police shot and killed a 27-year-old suspect in Overtown -- the sixth black man they've killed since last summer. The latest death has left Chief Miguel Exposito fighting for his job and pleading his case to community leaders that cops only use violence when absolutely necessar ... More >>

Pimp Allegedly Shot Miami Beach Resort Murder Victim After He Hired Prostitutes

​Police are remaining tight-lipped about the mysterious shooting this past Saturday at the Miami Beach Resort & Spa that involved a rancid odor and the evacuation of the prime minister of Belize, but racy details are emerging.CBS4's Jim DeFede reports the shooting victim was a t ... More >>

Killer Leaves Man Dead With Ear and Nose Cut Off

via Just NewsJaniel Perez​Janiel M. Perez, 26, is charged with murdering a man over the weekend. The victim was found Saturday at 650 SW 65th Ave. with multiple stab wounds, a knife sticking out of his neck, and his left ear and nose hacked by the hands of his killer. Perez was also found on the ... More >>

Murder Miami Style: Three Shot, One Dead in Design District Attack

Three men were shot and one killed on NW 44th Street early this morning, just a few blocks from the trendy heart of the Design District.Around 1 a.m., two men walked up to a house at 40 NW 40th St. and sprayed the three victims with bullets before fleeing the scene, says Det. William Moreno, a spoke ... More >>

News Roundup: Miami Gardens Is Deadly

A driver in Miami Gardens hit a 51-year-old woman, leaving her brain dead, and then fled the scene. Authorities and the family are asking for help tracking down the driver. [CBS4]A father of six early this morning was shot to death in a shower of gunfire outside his home in Miami Gardens. ... More >>

Bicyclist Danny Perez Shot Dead in Miami

​Danny Perez, decked out in a University of Miami jersey and cap, was riding his bike west on NW 79th Street between NW 17th and NW 22nd avenues when he was shot dead. The mysterious murder happened last Friday night at 11:30.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced the 35-year-old dead on the ... More >>

News Roundup: Heat Fall Below .500

A Man was shot at MIA lounge last night multiple times, while the shooter sped off in a black Mercedes. [JustNews]The ACLU claims two Miami Beach cops harassed and falsely arrested a gay tourist after he saw the men beating another suspect in handcuffs. [Herald]A man in Stuart died after being attac ... More >>

Ex-Miami Beach cop Adam Tavss kills two, gets caught with drugs, and earns a nice payout

Killer Cop Adam Tavss Resigns, Earns a $17K Payday on the Way Out

Kill two men in four days under questionable circumstances. Get caught with drugs in your system and suspended from work. ​Walk away from it all with $17,242.46. Not a bad deal, right? That's exactly how much Adam Tavss, the former Miami Beach cop, earned from taxpayers when he quietly resign ... More >>

Blood Badge

Who is the Miami Beach cop who killed twice in one week?

Taxi Driver Shot in Northwest Miami-Dade

A taxi driver was shot early this morning as he was working near NW 91st Street and Seventh Avenue.Jacques Milien, 64, was shot multiple times after what appeared to be an armed robbery at 6:15 a.m., Miami-Dade Police spokeswoman Det. Rebeca Perez said. He is in stable condition at Jackson Memorial ... More >>

Murder Miami Style: One Officer Involved in Two Deadly Shootings in 4 Days

Four days after being cleared of any wrongdoing in shooting an unarmed tourist, Miami Beach Police Officer Adam Tavss has been involved in another shooting death. The incident reports have not been made public because the fatal shootings are "still under investigation," police say. Facts though ha ... More >>

Miami Prosecutor Blames DeFede TV Investigation for Mass Shooting

Just before 5 p.m. this past Sunday, a Chevy Monte Carlo rolled up before a squat, one-story house in Liberty City. Someone inside the car pulled out an AK-47 and opened fire on a group of young men in the front yard, wounding five. via CBS4Jim DeFedeThe drive-by was especially significant because ... More >>

Text-Messaged Proof that Miami is Alive and Bleeding

Rick Ross Speaks About Shooting at his Annual Be Out Day

Yellow Alert

The cost of a cab might go up with the gas.

Baghdad West

In Opa-locka, gang warfare, drug dealing, and decay are a way of life

Death Do Us Part

A murder-suicide left Hialeah Gardens in shock. There were warning signs.

Legal Indifference?

Cournisha DeMonick's killing in North Miami recalls the slow pace of justice for Haitians

Travail to the Chief

Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

Justice Undone . . . Again

Four years after their son was killed by an off-duty cop, Joe and Andrea Morello are denied their day in court

The Further Adventures of Willy and Sal

Being thrown in jail was supposed to bring down the curtain on Miami drug lords Willy Falc and Sal Magluta. But there was an encore: Death threats, clandestine cameras, illegal searches, and major security violations.

The Kids

Death of Andrew Morello