Florida
Man shot, killed trying to intervene in fight between girls in Florida City: Police
A man was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a father trying to intervene in a fight in Florida City, according to Miami-Dade police.
The shooting happened Tuesday at around 5:31 p.m. in the area of NW 14th Street and 1st Court, authorities said.
The victim, 47-year-old Johnny Lewis Stevenson Jr., went to the area to try to intervene in a fistfight involving his daughter and other girls, an arrest report for the suspect details.
Miami-Dade County Police Department
That’s when Kentarian Cross, 22, pulled out a gun and shot Stevenson, the report states.
The victim was shot in the stomach and driven to the hospital in a private vehicle, and then flown to Jackson South Medical Center, where he died.
Cross is accused of second-degree murder with a weapon.
Video of the scene appears to show the fight in question starting on a bus and then moving onto a street.
Witnesses identified Cross as the suspect, and a photo shows him in possession of a firearm before the fight, police said.