{"id":366041,"date":"2026-08-08T08:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366041\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:02:13","slug":"man-arrested-after-food-deliverer-fatally-shoots-robbery-suspect-in-miami-gardens-cops-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366041\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after food deliverer fatally shoots robbery suspect in Miami Gardens, cops say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is facing charges after a person delivering food in Miami Gardens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/miami-gardens-shooting-investigation\/3842929\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/miami-gardens-shooting-investigation\/3842929\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fatally shot a suspect<\/a> who he said tried to rob him, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded Thursday afternoon in the 20300 block of Northwest 34th Court.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Friday news release from Miami Gardens Police, the shooter said he was delivering food when he became the victim of an armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>During the robbery, he said he managed to shoot one of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived and found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was airlifted to Aventura Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Police are still working to identify him.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter stayed at the scene and was detained by officers.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said a second suspect was seen running from the scene and running toward a white vehicle, and police issued a &#8220;Be On the Lookout&#8221; for the car.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was later found in Miramar and the second suspect, 18-year-old Jabari Joshua Thomas, was taken into custody, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was arrested and booked into jail on charges of second-degree felony murder and armed robbery in connection to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they&#8217;re still investigating the incident and they&#8217;re asking anyone with information to call them at 305-474-5300 Ext. 1719.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is facing charges after a person delivering food in Miami Gardens fatally shot a suspect who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,2431,125,124],"class_list":["post-366041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-gardens","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366041","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=366041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}