MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Last year, Robert Leyva was so angry at his half-brother Eduardo Rivero, Jr. that he put on tactical gear and armed himself with a black Zaviar Z15 rifle and a black Canik TP9 semi-automatic pistol, records show.
It was the bloody end to the brothers’ long-running feud. Leyva, 49, rode a scooter and arrived shortly after 12:20 p.m. on April 24, 2025, at Priced Rights Motors, Inc., which Rivero, 35, had inherited, records show.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Deputies Alfredo Perez and Dea Harris fired at Leyva shortly before 1 p.m. at 7321 SW 45 St., in the Glenvar Heights neighborhood, just west of South Miami, records show.
“Leyva shot at the officers at least one time prior to either officer using deadly force,” Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Sara Imm wrote, according to the closing memo that Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle also signed.
Before the deputies responded with a ballistic shield, Armando Yadro told a 911 dispatcher that Leyva had shot him and he was pretending to be dead because he was in the business, records show.
Imm described how Leyva also “directed” a “perceived explosive,” a smoke bomb that appeared to be a grenade, before Perez “discharged his firearm,” according to the closing memo that Fernandez Rundle approved on Thursday, records show.
“It is reasonable to conclude that both Deputy Harris and Deputy Perez believed that the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to themselves and/or the other two civilians, Imm wrote, according to the memo.
Videos showed children running for cover outside, and people at nearby businesses hiding. A SWAT team arrived and evacuated the area, which included a warehouse with kids in a cheerleading practice.
Yadro, 35, suffered a wound to the clavicle and survived. Rivero was shot in the side of the head, and a doctor pronounced him dead at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Leyva was shot in the head.
“Doctors were not able to remove the projectile lodged in his brain,” the prosecutor wrote, according to the memo.
After suffering from “complications” from the gunshot wound, Leyva was hospitalized and died on Feb. 14, records show.
The MSAO reported receiving the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s report on May 22.
Read the closing memo
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