{"id":289667,"date":"2026-05-30T01:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289667\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:54:17","slug":"miami-dade-shooting-suspect-is-captured-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289667\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade shooting suspect is captured in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/handcuffs_approved.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A man wanted for a shooting that left a man critically wounded in March was caught by U.S. Marshals in Georgia on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. \" alt=\"A man wanted for a shooting that left a man critically wounded in March was caught by U.S. Marshals in Georgia on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A man wanted for a shooting that left a man critically wounded in March was caught by U.S. Marshals in Georgia on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>            Miami Herald File<\/p>\n<p>Deputies and U.S. Marshals in Georgia found a man who is wanted for a March shooting that critically injured a man in Miami-Dade County, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan J. Cooper, 37, was arrested this week after a tip was received.<\/p>\n<p>.Cooper shot a man on March 17 during a fight near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 83rd Street, police say. Cooper left the area, and deputies had been looking to arrest him on an attempted-murder charge ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The man who was shot, Shawn Webster, is a Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department employee who had just returned from work when Cooper confronted him, Webster\u2019s mother <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/18\/they-witnessed-their-father-being-shot-deputies-search-for-man-who-opened-fire-on-miami-dade-employee\/\">told WPLG-Local 10<\/a> at the time. The men were arguing about a conflict that their children were having, the mother told the TV station.<\/p>\n<p>Webster was taken to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition, Miami Herald news partner <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/miami-dade-sheriffs-office-nathan-cooper-armed-dangerous-search\/\">CBS News Miami reported<\/a>. His current condition was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade homicide detectives working with Marshals in a joint task force received a Crime Stoppers tip, and Marshals arrested Cooper in Norcross, Georgia, on Tuesday, the sheriff\u2019s office said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper \u2014 who has multiple South Florida arrests, including 2007 convictions for felony fleeing and eluding police, grand theft auto and burglary \u2014 was on supervised release on a federal conviction at the time of the shooting. According to a federal indictment, Cooper was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge sentenced him to four years in prison, and he was released in September of last year, according to federal prison records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrest reflects the outstanding partnership between the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office and the United States Marshals Service. When violent offenders attempt to evade justice, our agencies remain committed to working together across jurisdictions to locate and apprehend those responsible for endangering our community,\u201d Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper was not listed as a Miami-Dade County inmate as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644250\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/profile.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David Goodhue\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644250\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Goodhue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man wanted for a shooting that left a man critically wounded in March was caught by U.S.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-289667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289667","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=289667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}