{"id":411724,"date":"2026-09-27T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/411724\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:20:12","slug":"second-arrest-in-liberty-city-brawl-that-ended-in-gunfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/411724\/","title":{"rendered":"Second arrest in Liberty City brawl that ended in gunfire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Miami<\/p>\n

Miami police arrested an alleged gunman in a Liberty City street brawl that ended with gunfire and a bullet striking a nearby home, records show.<\/p>\n

Miami Herald File<\/p>\n

More than a month after a large street brawl broke out in Liberty City that ended in gunfire and bullets whizzing past witnesses and into a home, Miami police have arrested the alleged gunman, records show.<\/p>\n

Taji Akeem Cozart Thrasher, 37, is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, using a firearm while committing a felony, shooting a deadly missile, improper exhibition of a firearm, and unlawful discharge of a firearm in a public place, court records show.<\/p>\n

On August 21, two women furious with each other came to an agreement on one thing \u2014 a time and place that night to fight it out, Cozart Thrasher\u2019s arrest report read. They rallied their friends and several cars descended on the 700 block of Northwest 53rd Street.<\/p>\n

Cozart Thrasher and Charles Denis Jr., 22, were in one of those cars with another person armed with a golf club, all ready to brawl. Denis Jr. brought a handgun with him.<\/p>\n

At first, the scuffle only involved the original two women, but quickly chaos broke out as smaller fights broke out all over from around a dozen friends or spectators, the report read. Denis Jr. in the confusion took the golf club and hit a woman, causing a contusion to the left side of her forehead and arm.<\/p>\n

Cozart Thrasher was then heard asking Denis Jr. to \u201cgive me the gun,\u201d continuing to say \u201cI\u2019m going to shoot that s***.\u201d He obliged, and Cozart Thrasher shot the ground near an unidentified person who immediately ran away, the report read.<\/p>\n

He took chase, shooting four more times in their direction. Cozart Thrasher and Denis Jr. then escaped the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

While the person was not shot, one of the bullets penetrated a garage door at a nearby home, police said.<\/p>\n

Denis Jr. was arrested on September 15, and Cozart Thrasher was taken in by Miami police\u2019s Violent Crimes unit on Thursday.<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
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Devoun Cetoute<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He\u2019s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami police arrested an alleged gunman in a Liberty City street brawl that ended with gunfire and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-411724","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\/411724","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=411724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}