A man was arrested after he allegedly choked and killed his roommate at an assisted living facility in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood on Tuesday morning, according to an arrest report.
Miami Police officials said officers responded to a home in the 5100 block of Northwest 4th Terrace that serves as Princess Gardens Assisted Living Facility at around 8:26 a.m. for a call of two men who were engaged in a physical altercation.
According to an arrest report, the suspect, 79-year-old JJB, was seen by witnesses choking his roommate in their room.
At one point, the report describes that the suspect yelled, “He’s trying to kill me!”
As the witnesses dragged B away, he allegedly “kicked the victim in the head and leg as he lay on the floor.”
Once in the hallway, the suspect allegedly tried to strike the witnesses who had intervened, and grabbed the fire extinguisher from the wall in an attempt to attack them. He also tried to go back inside the room, the arrest report states.
B was held down until police arrived.
The victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but did not survive. His name was not immediately available.
The suspect was also taken to the hospital for minor injuries to his hand before he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
The two had been roommates for six months, and authorities said they did not have prior issues or incidents.
While at the emergency room, B allegedly spontaneously stated, “He pulled a gun out on me.” When authorities searched the room he shared with the victim, they did not find any firearms.
Multiple officers were seen outside the home, which was closed off by yellow crime scene tape.
Neighbors said they were shocked to learn of the violence at the home.
“My mother spoke with the nurse,” Krystina Manso Hernandez said. “That’s what they told her, that one of the elderly woke up on the wrong side of the bed and hurt the other.”
“I am used to seeing an ambulance there since it is an elderly home and a lot of times, they get sick or pass, but a police department crime investigation, never,” said another neighbor.
An investigation was ongoing.
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