MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Police have identified and arrested a suspect accused of shooting another man in the heart of South Beach.
Miami Beach police announced Thursday that Alan Alt, 32, was identified and has surrendered without incident.
Police released several videos earlier this week, one of which shows the gunman shooting near the seawall at 13th Street.
Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, said the victim and the gunman got in an argument Saturday night outside a Walgreens drugstore near Collins Avenue and 14th Street.
The victim was shot multiple times and the gunman fled the scene before officers arrived.
Rodriguez said the victim was a 33-year-old man who frequented the South Beach area and had a history of arrests on numerous charges, including aggravated battery, drug possession and armed robbery.
The suspect appears to be the same man who was accused of beating his wife in front of their three children in their Oakland Park home, prompting a SWAT standoff, in 2014.
Miami-Dade County jail records show Alt was previously arrested as recently as 2016.
Alt's attorney told Local 10 News that his client was a victim in this latest incident, claiming the other man tried to stab him and Alt shot him in self-defense because he feared for his life.
"We were able to negotiate a surrender, just this afternoon," Rodriguez said. "The subject also brought a firearm with him that we believe was used in this crime."
His attorney said Alt does not have a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Alt faces charges of second-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.