Man, 18, arrested for Miami-Dade murder while out on weapons charge

GLADEVIEW, Fla. – Detectives arrested an 18-year-old man who was out on a weapons cost on Wednesday morning after accusing him of utilizing a “rifle-like firearm” to shoot and kill a sufferer in Miami-Dade County’s Gladeview neighborhood.

A ShotSpotter alert detected eight gunshots at about 8:35 p.m., on Tuesday, close to the intersection of Northwest 17 Avenue and 76 Avenue, in accordance with the Miami-Dade Police Division’s arrest affidavit.

Detectives recognized the shooter as Diamante Jean-Philippe, of Cutler Bay.

Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue personnel discovered the sufferer mendacity in a parking space and took her to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Middle the place a health care provider pronounced her useless shortly after 9:30 p.m., in accordance with police.

Witnesses helped cops discover the firearm in an deserted residence within the neighborhood and mentioned he was arguing together with his sufferer earlier than the capturing. One other witness instructed a police officer that Jean-Philippe broke into their residence and mentioned, “he couldn’t go exterior as a result of the sufferer’s brothers have been going to kill him,” in accordance with the arrest report.

Cops arrested Jean-Philippe after questioning him at about 6:55 a.m., on the Miami-Dade Police Division’s headquarters in Doral. Data present corrections officers have been holding Jean-Philippe with out bond on a second-degree homicide cost since about 8 a.m., on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle.

Courtroom data present he had been out on a $5,000 bond after a Jan. 28 arrest for carrying a hid firearm, a third-degree felony. The case remained open and his bond assessment listening to had been set for 9 a.m. on Thursday.

Jean-Philippe’s felony file in Miami-Dade additionally features a Could 2020 arrest for tried homicide that resulted in a December 2020 order for a psychological analysis and a boot camp program. The case closed in August 2021, data present.

Cops have been asking anybody with details about the homicide to name Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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