{"id":260321,"date":"2026-05-06T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260321\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:16:08","slug":"florida-brothers-shot-dead-by-their-sisters-boyfriend-after-they-rushed-to-apartment-to-protect-her-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260321\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida brothers shot dead by their sister’s boyfriend after they rushed to apartment to protect her: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Florida brothers were allegedly gunned down by their sister\u2019s boyfriend inside her Miami apartment when they rushed over to protect her from him, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gianni Pierre, 28, and his younger brother Jaheim, 23, were allegedly shot by Antwan Carter at around noon on Saturday after a scuffle broke out in the apartment, the Miami Herald reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The brothers\u2019 sister had been dating Carter, 31, for around four years, but they were wary of their relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"MugshotAntwan Carter, 31, allegedly gunned down two Florida brothers who tried to protect their sister. Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation<\/p>\n

They had rushed over to her apartment to \u201clook after her\u201d due to a \u201chistory of previous domestic violence,\u201d cops said in their arrest report.<\/p>\n

Jaheim and his sister argued before he then struck Carter, who had interjected. The three men then became embroiled in a fight.<\/p>\n

Carter is accused of leaving the apartment, going to his car, and returning with an item he had retrieved from the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI bet one of you won\u2019t open up,\u201d he shouted, according to police.<\/p>\n

He was armed with a Glock 9mm handgun \u2013 and shot Gianni, who was sitting on a couch. Gianni died minutes after arriving at the city\u2019s Jackson Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n

Jaheim charged toward his sister after coming under fire and she was left covered in blood. He was found bleeding in the closet, WPLG reported<\/a><\/p>\n

Carter was arrested after telling one cop, \u201cI am the one; I have the firearm.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TheCops rushed to a Miami apartment after receiving reports of a shooting. Google St View<\/p>\n

He also claimed the brothers had \u201csquared up with both fists in the air ready to fight again\u201d before opening fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said he left the apartment to get \u201cair\u201d and went to his car to retrieve his wallet and keys.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the woman told cops that Carter blamed her for the deadly tragedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSee what you made me do,\u201d Carter allegedly said.<\/p>\n

Cops searched the apartment, where they found several spent casings and projectiles.<\/p>\n

Gina Kirk, a neighbor, was woken up by the gunfire. \u201cI woke from a dead sleep \u2013 five gunshots, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow \u2013 and then the door slammed underneath my balcony,\u201d she told CBS News.<\/a><\/p>\n

Carter has been charged with first-degree murder \u2013 a capital felony punishable by the death penalty in Florida. <\/p>\n

He appeared in court Monday wearing a sleeveless green vest and has pleaded not guilty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Florida brothers were allegedly gunned down by their sister\u2019s boyfriend inside her Miami apartment when they rushed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,5713,28,30,29,4278],"class_list":["post-260321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime","tag-domestic-violence","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}