The posting shows a shirtless man stepping toward some police officers, eventually putting his hand on a police cruiser.
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One officer then discharges a Taser at the man’s chest while another nearly simultaneously fires an assault rifle, the newspaper reported. So, he fired two quick rounds into the man as he fell to the ground, killing him.
‘Early morning shenanigans on Miami Beach.
“From what I saw, he just didn’t want to cooperate”, Johnson said. The shooting is being investigated by Miami-Dade Police Department. Some patrons thought the stabbing was a performanceart presentation. The subject emerged with a straight edge razor in his hand.
In the footage, viewers can see officers surround the unidentified suspect as they try to standoff form anything dramatic happening.
Patrons at an Art Basel event in Miami obliviously watched a woman being stabbed on her arms and neck Friday night, thinking it was performance art.
According to an arrest report, alleged attacker Siyuan Zhao spontaneously stated to police, as they were patting her down: “I had to kill her and two more…” She eventually flagged down help and was wheeled away by paramedics to Jackson Memorial Hospital. “I never would have thought there would be a stabbing at Art Basel”.
Zhao faces a charge for attempted murder and is being held on $7,500 bond. “It wasn’t fast. It was pretty chill”, bystander Sylvia Rodriguez told the Miami Herald.
An Art Basel spokesperson said that victim’s injuries were not life threatening and the suspect was apprehended by police at the scene within seconds of the incident.
Police didn’t release the name of the suspect or the officer involved in the shooting.
While Art Basel organizers had beefed up security in lieu of the Paris attacks, security at the front door of the convention center may have been subpar.
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Security guards and event organizers worked quickly to clean up the scene to avoid further disruptions.
