Miami Police say a deadly fistfight on Oak Avenue was self-defense, with case to be reviewed by State Attorney’s Office.
Miami Police are labeling a man’s death following a bloody fistfight in Coconut Grove early last month as a justifiable homicide.
The brawl took place at about 10:20 a.m. on October 3 outside a residence on Oak Avenue near Booker Street. No names have been released.
The survivor, whom police are identifying as the victim, is a 48-year-old male, according to police records.
Eyewitnesses told the Spotlight that the altercation ensued after one man threw a bottle at another. Both men were bloodied as they pummeled each other on the ground.
“During the course of the investigation through victim and witness statements as well as video surveillance that captured the incident, it was determined that the offender was the primary aggressor and the victim was acting in self-defense,” police said in an incident report.
As in all deaths ruled by police to be justifiable homicide, this case is under review by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, according to spokesman Ed Griffith.
