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A 14-year-old arrested in a double shooting in Miami that left a father of three dead and another man hospitalized last month is now being charged as an adult.
Samas Marcellas Williams is facing second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges in the Oct. 11 shooting, Miami Police said.
On Tuesday, his case was transferred from juvenile court to adult court.
The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. in the 100 block of Northeast 77th Street in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, shortly after a witness said the victims had been approached by a stranger asking for a drink.
Witness Marlon Fernando Castro Martinez said he and four others were talking when they were approached by the stranger.
“He made a sign like he wanted a drink, like beer, but we weren’t drinking beer, we were just talking,” Castro Martinez told NBC6 in Spanish. “When we tell him no, he goes crazy and starts chasing us all around the building, going crazy with the gun in his hand.”
Castro Martinez said he and two others took off running, then he watched as the stranger shot his relative, Robin Fernandez, in cold blood.
Ring video captured the men running for their lives, and later yelling for someone to call an ambulance.
“He fired six shots at him right here,” Castro Martinez said. “He died instantly, with all the shots the suspect fired at his head.”
The witness said when his brother-in-law tried to get away, he fell and was also shot twice.
Police confirmed one man was killed at the scene, while the other was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
According to an arrest report, investigators used video surveillance to track the teen from his house to the murder scene and back to his house.
Detectives also linked the teen to a separate strong arm robbery case and he was arrested by a robbery detective, the report said.
Family members said Fernandez worked in construction and leaves behind three children.
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Source: nbcmiami
