17-year-old shot, killed by deputy in Miami Beach after displaying weapon while warrant was being served
An investigation is underway in Miami Beach after officials said a Miami-Dade deputy who was serving a search warrant shot and killed a 17-year-old after he displayed a weapon on Friday morning.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said the deadly incident took place at 785 81st Street in Miami Beach, and Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said the search warrant was in regard to firearms.
Yvonne Young identified the 17-year-old who was shot and killed as her son, Durrell Young.
She said he wasn't perfect but didn't deserve what happened to him.
"I talked to my son at 3:30 a.m. when he called me to tell me his sister just woke up and he was about to change her and lay back down with her," she said.
She then came home from work to see her neighborhood blocked off with crime scene tape.
She said she asked police officers where her other son was, because other kids were sitting in police cars.
"They still didn't want to tell me," she said. "That's my other son they have down there on the ground. It's all on the news. I saw where they said a police officer shot somebody. Yeah. That's my son that they shot."
And she wanted to get to her 1-year-old and 13-year-old whom she said law enforcement wouldn't let her see.
"He was everything to me," Young said. "But he has been in trouble. He ain't no saint. He was most definitely on a different track. He starts school on August 13. He just came home from boot camp. He's been doing everything I asked him to do around the house. He hasn't gotten in trouble in the last, since he came home three or four months ago."
Cordero-Stutz said deputies identified themselves when they were trying to serve the search warrant.
"The individual exited the bedroom armed with a handgun and with an extended magazine and was clearly a threat to the deputy," the sheriff said. "Search warrants are one of the most dangerous actions that we all take part in in law enforcement, and we always try to be proactive and identify ourselves. Clearly, this individual, who had already violated the law before, chose to exit while armed and confront deputies."
The sheriff noted that deputies used a public announcement system and knocked on the door multiple times.
"It does not appear he fired at all, but he confronted the deputy armed with a gun," she said.
The deputy was not injured. It is not known how many shots were fired. Other people were inside the home, including an 18-year-old, who was taken into custody and faces charges. The teenager's mother said she was at work at the time, and her 1-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son were in the home.
Steadman Stahl, president of the South Florida PBA, told CBS News Miami that the deputy was a highly trained veteran.
"Once a subject does not give up and does not obey a lawful command, it leaves an officer no other choice but to defend themselves," Stahl said.
CBS News Miami checked public records and found that the subject has an arrest record dating back to November 2024, with charges including attempted murder in March 2025 in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Neighbors reported hearing four or five gunshots. "One neighbor, who has been here 45 years, says she has never seen anything like this," Luka Stosic said. "This is kind of scary."
"I heard four or five gunshots, and I did not peek out because it was a very dangerous situation," said Tanya Ramos. "I was scared."
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting, which is standard procedure.