MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have made an arrest in a Miami Gardens double homicide where the father is suspected of killing his wife and 10-year-old daughter with a machete.
Miami Gardens Police took Noel Chambers into custody without incident around 6 p.m., Tuesday.
Officials said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue firefighters at Station No. 38, along the 500 block of Northwest 199th Street, recognized Chambers and called police.
Cellphone video near the scene showed the police response as Chambers was arrested, ending a three-day manhunt.
Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma K. Noel-Pratt said, “We have justice for Lorrice Harris and Sheila Chambers and Shanalee Chambers. The firefighters recognized the subject from the extensive media coverage and law-enforcement presence.”
Police later located Chambers and took him into custody.
On Wednesday, MDFR released a statement regarding the capture.
“Our hearts go out to the grieving family members and friends of the victims in this tragic incident. We are relieved to hear that an arrest was made in this case. MDFR employees at Station 38 quickly did the right thing by notifying the proper authorities. Miami Gardens PD acted swiftly and the arrest was made without any further incident.”
The family thanked police and are relieved that Chambers is off the streets after being on the run for three days.
Harris’ daughter Ashlee Anderson said, “She can finally rest, you know, and we’re so happy that [the media] took the time to air everything and let everybody know what was going on.”
“Sheila and Lorrice can actually rest in peace now,” family member Ernie Saunders said. “You know, everybody is happy that he’s caught.”
Chambers will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder, police said.
Shanalee Chambers, the estranged couple’s 29-year-old daughter, survived the attack and managed to call authorities.
She remains in the hospital fighting for her life.
“For someone to get a machete and chop somebody up like that, your own wife, your own daughter, and try to kill your other daughter,” Anderson said on Sunday, “a 10-year-old laying in bed, probably sleeping. It was my mom’s birthday.”
Police transported Chambers to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade.
Standing before a judge on Wednesday, he received no bond and a stay away order from Chambers’ daughter.
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