Miami woman accused of running over, killing man she carjacked

MIAMI – A girl was set to look in courtroom Friday on second-degree homicide expenses after police accused her of working over and killing a person whom she carjacked at a Miami tow lot.

India Latimore, 28, additionally faces expenses of theft and obstruction by a disguised particular person. Police mentioned all the crime was caught on surveillance video.

In line with charging paperwork, Miami police and hearth rescue had been known as to Nu-Method Towing at 2343 NW seventh Ave. within the metropolis’s Allapattah neighborhood simply earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday for stories of a hit-and-run with a pedestrian.

Police discovered a person on the scene with in depth blunt pressure trauma to the cranium and the extremities. First responders took the sufferer to Ryder Trauma Heart at Jackson Memorial Hospital the place docs pronounced him lifeless.

Courtroom paperwork mentioned police considered surveillance video that confirmed Latimore stealing the sufferer’s blue Toyota Camry as he stood close by with the automotive’s engine working.

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Police mentioned the sufferer instantly ran after the automotive and tried to open the driving force’s aspect door as Latimore drove off. Within the course of, Latimore ran over the sufferer, investigators mentioned.

In line with the charging paperwork, a Miami-Dade police detective noticed the Camry touring on Northwest twenty seventh Avenue the subsequent morning and performed a site visitors cease, detained Latimore and had the automobile despatched for crime scene processing.

Police mentioned they recognized Latimore from the surveillance video and that she initially supplied them with a false id.

Investigators decided that Latimore unsuccessfully tried to promote the sufferer’s automotive at a north Miami-Dade dealership, presenting herself because the registered proprietor, the charging paperwork mentioned.

Police haven’t recognized the sufferer. Latimore is being held in custody with out bond.