County of Miami-Dade, Florida-Images of newly published body cameras show at times when a veteran assistant at the Miami-Dade sheriff’s office shot down a man outside an apartments in the West Little River region on June 17.
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According to MDSO, MP Kelvin Cox shooted and killed Kristofer Lazaro Laboy, 24, outside a building in the Sunset Palm Villas Association complex, located just outside the limits of the city of Miami at the Northwest 85th Street Road and the fourth courtyard.
5 p.m. Report:
According to the agency, the shooting intervened after the deputies with the intervention details of MDSO flights tried to stop on a yellow chevrolet Corvette with dark shades.
The deputies said that the driver had not stopped and that the authorities were able to follow the sports car to the complex.
The authorities said that Laboy, the driver, was out, was armed and that Cox shot him around 5:15 p.m.
The video published by MDSO Watch COX exclaim: “Place the pistol!” And later “Oh, s —!” As he sees Laboy with a pistol, leading Cox to open fire.
In the video, Cox picks up the Laboy pistol in the ground and moves it as after having fired him.
The video produced by the MDSO stresses that the emergency lights of the officers have been activated. They said they had found marijuana and prescription drugs in the Laboy car.
Laboy family members demanded that MDSO publish a video of the shooting.
“He is not a fucking thug,” said a family member after the shooting. “He was a son, a brother and a loving nephew.”
After the shooting, the father of Laboy said that his son had called him in a panic beforehand, saying: “Dad, I need help, come to help me, I’m going to look for myself, I am chased away and I don’t know by whom.”
“He is a hidden port holder,” said Laboy’s father. “He has a weapon on him to protect himself.”
The shooting remains investigation. Cox, a 23 -year -old veteran, was previously involved in two other deadly shots, both deemed justifiable.
“While an in-depth investigation of Florida Department of Law Enforcement is still underway, the publication of these images guarantees that everyone sees the sequence of events while they were taking place,” said the sheriff of Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, in a press release accompanying the publication of the video. “Whatever the result, my commitment is clear, to be transparent with our community, to keep us up to the highest standards and continue to work every day to win and maintain your confidence.”
A lawyer representing the Laboy family published a critical statement against MDSO on Monday:
“The release of these images from the Miami-Dade sheriff’s office raises more questions than answers. This video shows unmarked cars without lights and sirens running after Kristofer, putting him in fear for his life. The MDSO did not publish this video strongly published to portray Kristofer as a criminal. Kristofer was not raped was a legal firearm.
“The officer (who) killed Kristofer is shown in the video leading his car in one hand, while holding his weapon in the other – the deputy was clearly determined to unload his firearm that day. On their lives.
“Immediately release all the unpublished images of the body camera.”
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