{"id":287759,"date":"2026-05-28T16:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287759\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:57:13","slug":"nearly-a-year-later-mdso-sergeant-cleared-in-deadly-west-little-river-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287759\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly a year later, MDSO sergeant cleared in deadly West Little River shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0May 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM<\/p>\n

Updated:\u00a0May 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM<\/p>\n

lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand\"\"A Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office sergeant has been cleared nearly a year after he shot and killed a suspect following a pursuit that ended in the county\u2019s unincorporated West Little River area. (WPLG) <\/p>\n

MIAMI \u2014 A Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office sergeant has been cleared nearly a year after he shot and killed<\/a> a suspect following a pursuit that ended in the county\u2019s unincorporated West Little River area.<\/p>\n

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MDSO Sgt. Kelvin Cox shot and killed Kristofer Laboy, 24, outside of a building within the Sunset Palm Villas Association complex, located just outside the Miami city limits at Northwest 85th Street Road and Fourth Court, on June 17, 2025.<\/p>\n

Deputies with MDSO\u2019s Robbery Intervention Detail tried to pull over Laboy in a yellow Chevrolet Corvette with dark tints.<\/p>\n

According to a memorandum from the Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office, \u201cLaboy had led law enforcement officers on a protracted and high-speed chase which endangered the lives of many individuals (and) nearly caused several crashes by driving at high rates of speed through traffic and on the wrong side of roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video evidence<\/a> and a fellow deputy\u2019s testimony, prosecutors concluded, showed that after the chase came to a stop at the complex, Laboy got out of the sports car with a gun and \u201cran directly toward\u201d Cox.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors concluded that a \u201creasonable person\u201d in Cox\u2019s position \u201cwould have believed that using deadly force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm\u201d to himself or others, leading them to conclude that Cox was \u201cwas legally justified in using deadly force\u201d and should not be charged.<\/p>\n

Cox has served with MDSO and its predecessor, the Miami-Dade Police Department, for more than two decades.<\/p>\n

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