A dispute between a landlord and his tenant turned deadly in Homestead on Monday when police said the tenant killed the landlord.
A dispute between a landlord and his tenant turned deadly in Homestead on Monday when police said the tenant killed the landlord.
Eduardo Darinel Galvez, 22, is facing several charges including second-degree murder and resisting an officer without violence, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
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WATCH HEREAccording to an arrest report, the landlord had gone to the apartment along Southwest 1st Avenue on Monday afternoon to check on his tenant, Galvez, after receiving multiple complaints that the tenant had been creating a disturbance within the complex.
Galvez and the landlord got into a verbal and then physical altercation, the report said. Neighbors heard the altercation and called police.
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When officers arrived, Galvez opened the apartment door then quickly shut it while yelling obscenities at the officers, the report said.
Galvez refused to comply with the officers when they ordered him to open the door, and barricaded himself inside, the report said.
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Officers eventually made their way inside and found the landlord on the floor covered with apparent blood, the report said.
The landlord had blunt force trauma and a deep laceration above his right eye, puncture wounds to the left side of his face and neck as well as a fracture to the back of his head, the report said.
The landlord later died at the hospital, according to Miami-Dade Police. His identity wasn't released.
Galvez refused to come out of the bathroom but was later taken into custody, though he had to be tased several times, the report said.
Cell phone video showed officers outside the apartment on Monday afternoon. At one point, officers are seen removing someone from the apartment, but it's unclear whether that was the victim or the suspect.
Galvez was taken to Homestead Hospital to be checked out and later booked into jail. Attorney information wasn't available.
Neighbors said the victim was a good person and said Galvez seemed troubled and was often heard screaming and yelling by himself.
"It was always bangs. It will always him throwing stuff around. It was always him yelling at nothing," said one neighbor, who didn't want to be identified.
