MIAMI (WSVN) - Police said they have arrested a man in connection with a shooting at a cultural festival in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood that left a man dead and sent two other people to the hospital.
City of Miami Police confirmed the arrest of Jamesly Mezime on Friday morning, one day after, they said, officers with the department’s Priority Support Detail, Domestic Violence Apprehension Team and Homicide Unit conducted a felony stop and took the 22-year-old suspect into custody.
Detectives tracked down Mezime in the middle of busy Biscayne Boulevard, near 38th Street. 7Skyforce captured the moment officers apprehended him.
“We know that the person that shot and killed this one man and injured two others is the person that is in custody,” said Miami Police Officer Michael Vega.
Investigators said Mezime opened fire near the main stage during the Second Annual Taste of Miami Karnival, near the intersection of Northeast 62nd Street and Second Avenue, just before midnight on Sunday.
Surveillance video captured revelers running for cover moments after they heard the shots.
Paramedics with Miami Fire Rescue rushed all three victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center, where a man was pronounced dead, and a man and a woman were listed as stable.
Loved ones identified the deceased victim as 23-year-old Kitchner Cyrille.
In a statement, a Miami Police spokesperson wrote, “Detectives worked tirelessly, reviewing video footage, gathering intelligence, and conducting surveillance on the suspect.”
They work led to Thursday’s traffic stop and the arrest of the suspected killer. He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade and faces two counts of attempted murder and one count of murder.
“This was just wonderful work done by our detectives and doing other detective work in order to apprehend this offender,” said Vega.
Mezime appeared before a judge on Friday and was denied bond.
Of the surviving victims, the woman has since been released and the man continues to recover in the hospital.
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