{"id":390255,"date":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390255\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","slug":"bahamas-artist-killed-in-deadly-northwest-miami-dade-crash-involving-deputy-man-wanted-for-military-desertion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390255\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahamas artist killed in deadly northwest Miami-Dade crash involving deputy, man wanted for military desertion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A Bahamas artist who was killed in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/02\/1-dead-after-crash-involving-miami-dade-deputy\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/02\/1-dead-after-crash-involving-miami-dade-deputy\/\"> car crash in northwest Miami-Dade on Wednesday<\/a> is being remembered by his friends for his talent and big heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stefan Davis was the man who died after a crash involving a Miami-Dade deputy and a suspect wanted by the U.S. military happened near Northwest 51st Terrace and Northwest 33rd Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Surveillance video captured a car speeding through the area before the violent impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI heard a boom,\u201d said Norman Bradley, who was nearby at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Other video angles show the force of the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office told Local 10 that deputies with the Robbery Intervention Unit were conducting a traffic stop when 21-year-old Luis Manuel Perez hit the gas and took off.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/YAUCXBR7KJFK5NVSAV6LORET5E.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Luis Manuel Perez (Miami-Dade Corrections &amp; Rehabilitation) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Perez was wanted for military desertion, according to deputies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the car flipped on its side, we said, \u2018Wow, what happened?\u2019\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The crash left Davis seriously injured. He was rushed to the hospital, but later died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Nassau Guardian confirmed Davis\u2019 identity and reported that he is a well-known artist from the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Friends say Davis loved spending time in Miami, especially around his birthday in early September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Levin Wilson, a friend of Davis, said it is difficult to process the loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSorry to see such talent has left us in a tragic way,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Thursday evening, Perez was being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A Bahamas artist who was killed in a car crash in northwest Miami-Dade on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-390255","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\/390255","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=390255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}