Luis M. Perez had an active National Crime Information Center warrant from Fort Bliss, Texas, according to Heather J. Hagan, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Army. <\/p>\n
Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested Perez after a traffic stop by deputies with a robbery intervention unit turned into a chase and ended with the crash on Wednesday in Brownsville. <\/p>\n
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Luis M. Perez <\/p>\n
Stefan Germaine Davis, an artist visiting Miami-Dade from the Bahamas, died after the crash at Northwest 33rd Avenue and 51st Terrace, according to deputies. He was 55. <\/p>\n
Phillip Brave Davis, the prime minister of the Bahamas, released a statement on social media describing Davis as an artist with \u201ca remarkable\u201d gift.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was always a joy to watch him bring our stories, our culture, and our people to life through his art,\u201d Brave Davis wrote, according to the statement. \u201cHis passing is a tremendous loss for our country and our creative community.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Stefan Germaine Davis <\/p>\n
Surveillance videos show the fugitive speeding and the impact, according to deputies. Norman Bradley, who was in the area, said he heard \u201ca BOOM!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe car flipped on its side,\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n
Fire Rescue personnel rushed Davis, whose condition was critical, to the hospital, where he later died, according to deputies. <\/p>\n
\u201cSorry to see such talent has left us in a tragic way,\u201d said Levin Wilson, Davis\u2019s friend in Miami-Dade County. <\/p>\n
According to Davis\u2019s Facebook profile<\/a>, he had graduated from Government High School in Nassau, Bahamas, where he co-owned Airbrush Junkies<\/a>, an art gallery and events venue in Nassau. Davis painted on canvas and was also a coveted tattoo artist. <\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Related stories<\/p>\n Related social media<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A 21-year-old man who was behind bars on Friday in Miami-Dade County had an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-390553","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\/390553","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=390553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}