MIAMI — Miami police arrested the accused gunman on Friday in an early-August murder at a food store in the city’s Coconut Grove neighborhood.
Police said Keith Leebrooks Wilson, 33, of Coral Gables, shot and killed 30-year-old Robert Denardes Whittle Jr. at Ike’s Food Center, located at 3374 Douglas Road.
According to an arrest warrant, police were alerted to the Aug. 6 shooting after receiving a ShotSpotter alert just before 6:30 p.m. and responding officers found Whittle with multiple gunshot wounds. Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital pronounced him dead about an hour later.
Authorities said surveillance footage showed Wilson, described as a “frequent customer of the store,” arriving on a stand-up, motorized scooter, entering the store and shooting Whittle.
Facial recognition software tied Wilson to the crime, police said.
The warrant doesn’t outline an alleged motive for the shooting.
An arrest report states that Wilson was taken into custody in Opa-locka.
Jail records show that Wilson was being held without bond on a second-degree murder charge as of Monday morning.
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