Suspected motorcycle club members sought in man's fatal beating

Detectives release surveillance videos in man's death after beating in Davie

DAVIE, Fla. ā€“ Davie Police Department detectives are still searching for the suspected motorcycle clubĀ members responsible for aĀ brutal beating that resulted in a 57-year-old man's death last year.Ā Ā 

Detectives released surveillance video Friday showing severalĀ possible witnesses and a group of motorcyclists leaving the parking lot after the beating. Detectives suspectĀ they wereĀ Outlaw Motorcycle ClubĀ members.Ā 

Michael KlineĀ was beatenĀ July 4, 2018, outside ofĀ the Road Dawgs Saloon at 13010 W. State RoadĀ 84. According to Lt. Mark Leone,Ā they left KlineĀ bleeding on the ground.

Davie Fire Rescue took KlineĀ to Broward General Hospital. Officers said Kline suffered a fractured skull, a fractured orbital bone and a subdural hematoma.Ā Kline died as a result of his injuries Nov. 14, 2018.Ā Ā 

Kline's son Michael Kline Jr. told police officers that he had been at Road Dawgs earlier in the eveningĀ to have a few drinks with his father and decided to leaveĀ him there.

Kline'sĀ son also told police officers he remembers seeing several Outlaw Motorcycle Club members there, and his father had arguedĀ with one of them a few weeks earlier.Ā Ā 

Before the beating, Kline left the bar to buy cigarettes at a nearby Exxon gas station.Ā A witness thereĀ told police officers that a man with a long beard andĀ long black hair asked Kline for a cigarette.

The witness saidĀ Kline gave it to him and walked back with him toward Road Dawgs, police said. Kline never made it back to the bar. Officers found him lying on the ground bleeding.Ā 

Leone is asking anyone with information to call the Davie Police Department at 954-693-8200 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.


About the Authors:

In January 2017, Hatzel Vela became the first local television journalist in the country to move to Cuba and cover the island from the inside. During his time living and working in Cuba, heĀ covered some of the most significant stories in a post-Fidel Castro Cuba.Ā 

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.