A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy will not face criminal charges for the shooting of an armed man last June, following an investigation that determined the shooting was “justified”.
An 11-page memo, released Thursday from the Miami Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s office, stated that “objective facts establish that a reasonable person in Sergeant Kelvin Cox’s position would have believed that using deadly force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to Sergeant Cox and/or others”. The memo concluded that “Because Sergeant Cox was legally justified in using deadly force, no charges should be filed”.
The incident occurred in June 2025 in the West Little River community, beginning after a detective initiated a traffic stop on a yellow Corvette due to “very dark front windshield tints”. Cameras recorded the Corvette speeding away from the stop…