Man shot, killed during argument with woman in heart of Brickell
An argument between a man and a woman led to a deadly shooting early Wednesday morning in the heart of Brickell.
Miami police said around 12:45 a.m. they received word of a shooting near the intersection of SW 1 Avenue and SW 8 Street. When officers arrived they found a man who had been shot. He died on the scene.
The shooting happened steps away from the Brickell City Centre.
Police said the man had gotten into an argument with a woman. As the argument grew more heated, the man allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the woman. A man who was with the woman then pulled out his own gun and shot the other man.
Chris Felix said he was walking around the corner to go to the bar Blackbird Ordinary when he heard the man and woman shouting at each other. He said he then heard gunshots. He said the shooter ran past him, dropped the gun, then stopped to pick it up before running off.
"It happened right in front of me. The second it happened was pretty quick. The guy went off and started yelling and then he shot, I heard about seven or eight shots. So then after a car just sped off and he ran across the street and went to the apartment. That's pretty much what I seen from there," Felix said.
He said shortly after the gunfire, he heard a woman screaming for help. Police have not released the name of the man who died.
Police said no one is at large and they are working with Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office to possibly rule it a self-defense shooting.