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.
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WATCH HEREThe 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.
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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.
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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.
