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A man wielding a stick killed two people in Miami in an
“unprovoked” attack on four homeless people, law enforcement
officials said. The suspect was taken into custody following the
beatings, which police say were carried out early Thursday.
A 911 call placed just after 6 a.m. Thursday alerted officials
to what they say was a 30-year-old man armed with a stick,
beating people living on the streets of Miami.
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales told reporters Thursday that
the suspect first beat one man near a downtown train station
before heading down the street to batter another homeless man.
He then attacked a homeless couple across the street, Morales
said.
Officers responded “within seconds” of the dispatch call,
Morales said, chasing down the suspect and taking him into
custody after he tried to run away.
“This is a horrible incident," Morales said. “The officers on
the scene and the Miami Police Department is appalled at this
display of unprovoked violence.”
Officials have not yet released the suspect's name while they
continue investigating, saying he has no local criminal history
but has had some “minor run-ins with police” in New York.
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