No charges against Miami police officer who shot bystander outside Wynwood club

The three Miami police officers who shot three civilians, killing a Baptist Health social worker stuck in traffic outside a Wynwood nightclub last year, won’t face criminal charges, according to a Miami-Dade State Attorney report obtained on Friday.

“The investigation has determined that the officers were legally justified in the use of deadly force by discharging their weapons. Therefore, no criminal charges will be filed,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a letter to Miami Police Chief Edwin Lopez.

On June 14, 2025, the officers fired shots responding to a fight that broke out inside the Electric Lady nightclub at 144 NW 23rd Street around 3 a.m., according to the report. The scuffle spilled out into the street…

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