“We can’t allow our streets to be dangerous in this way,” said Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber at a meeting called after a weekend that saw two men killed in shootings — both caught on videos that went viral — that remained largely unexplained days later.
Two deadly shootings, motives unclear. Hundreds of arrests. Dozens of guns confiscated. Emergency city commission meetings.
As of Tuesday, the police department had released the name of one shooting suspect — a 24-year-old ex-con from Fort Lauderdale named Dontavious Leonard Polk — but had not named victims and offered only sketchy information on both cases. Better than two years ago isn’t enough for many residents, but a split city commission, at least for the time being,imposed on Sunday for the coming weekend. But that option does not seem off the table
Because police were so close, they were able to respond to both shootings rapidly. In both instances, police said, everyone believed to have fired a weapon was quickly taken into custody. During the first shooting, police also tried to revive the victim using CPR. The second fatal shooting happened at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning on Ocean Drive between 10th and 11th Streets. Surveillance video near the popular Palace Bar and obtained by the Miami Herald shows three men walking north along the sidewalk, then one of them grabbing a gun from his waistband and firing it several times at a man standing with his arm around a woman.
Fraternal Order of Police President Robert Hernandez believes the problem boils down to a single issue: There are just many people pouring onto the Beach, a small barrier island of 15 square miles connected to the mainland through only four bridges. Police had placed 24 license plate readers at intersections around the city, a tactic intended to identify potential problem visitors.
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