AP – A man wielding a stick killed two people in Miami, United States in an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was taken into custody following the beatings, which police say were carried out yesterday.
A 911 call placed just after 6am on that day, alerted officials to what they say was a 30-year-old man armed with a stick, beating people living on the streets of Miami.
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales told reporters on Thursday that the suspect first beat one man near a downtown train station before heading down the street to batter another homeless man.
He then attacked a homeless couple across the street, Morales said.
Officers responded “within seconds” of the dispatch call, Morales said, chasing down the suspect and taking him into custody after he tried to run away.
“This is a horrible incident,” Morales said.
