MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A Miami Gardens police officer was arrested Thursday after investigators said he threatened his girlfriend with a handgun during an argument in Opa-locka, choked her and later tried to persuade her not to cooperate with detectives.
According to an Opa-locka Police Department arrest report, the suspect was identified as Kolei Kulani McKinney, 41, of northwest Miami-Dade. His attorney, Stephan Lopez, said McKinney is a Miami Gardens police officer and a U.S. Navy veteran.
The report states that McKinney and the victim had been in a romantic relationship for about eight months but maintained separate residences…