MIAMI (AP) — Miami police have recognized the person accused of killing two homeless people and injuring two others in an unprovoked assault.
Brenton Clarke, 36, of Inwood, New York, was arrested shortly after the Thursday morning assault, officers stated. He has no arrest historical past in Miami however does have an arrest historical past for minor offenses in New York, Miami police stated.
A 911 name positioned simply after 6 a.m. Thursday alerted officers to what they are saying was a person in his 30s armed with a stick, beating folks dwelling on the streets.
Two victims had been pronounced useless on the scene, whereas the opposite two had been transported to a close-by trauma middle, officers stated. Miami police had been working to find out the motive behind the assaults.
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales informed reporters on Thursday that the suspect first beat one man close to a downtown practice station earlier than heading down the road to batter one other homeless man. He then attacked a homeless couple throughout the road, Morales stated.
Officers responded “inside seconds” of the dispatch name, Morales stated, chasing down the person and taking him into custody after he tried to run away.
“It is a horrible incident,” Morales stated. “The officers on the scene and the Miami Police Division is appalled at this show of unprovoked violence.”
Clarke is being held with out bond on the Miami-Dade jail. He is been charged with two counts of first-degree homicide, two counts of tried first-degree homicide and armed theft with a lethal weapon. On-line courtroom information did not record an legal professional for Clarke, and the Miami-Dade public defender’s workplace did not instantly reply to an e mail in search of remark.
