Investigators say a group of girls were in a dispute when the victim, 47-year-old Johnny Lewis Stevenson Jr., tried to intervene.
A man was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a father who was trying to intervene in a fight involving his daughter and other girls in Florida City, according to Miami-Dade Police.
The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Northwest 14th Street and 1st Court, authorities said.
Watch NBC6 free wherever you are
>
The victim, 47-year-old Johnny Lewis Stevenson Jr., went to the area to try to intervene in a fistfight involving his daughter and other girls, an arrest report for the suspect said.
Get local news you need to know to start your day with NBC 6's News Headlines newsletter.
>
That's when Kentarian Cross, 22, pulled out a gun and shot Stevenson, the report said.
Stevenson was shot in the stomach and driven to the hospital in a private vehicle, and then flown to Jackson South Medical Center, where he died.
Cross is accused of second-degree murder with a weapon.
Local
Video from the scene appeared to show the fight in question starting on a bus and then moving onto a street.
Witnesses identified Cross as the suspect, and a photo showed him in possession of a firearm before the fight, police said.
