Criminal charges have been dropped against a man accused of killing a woman inside a downtown Miami apartment in 2021.
The case stems from a deadly shooting at the Caoba apartment building, where police say Haider Rana shot and killed Maame Amuah in the early morning hours of May 6, 2021.
Police initially ruled it justified
Investigators originally ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide, saying Amuah, a woman Rana had been casually dating, showed up at his apartment without warning or permission. When Rana opened the door, police said Amuah, who was concealing her identity, rushed at him, and he fired a single shot.
According to arrest records, Rana called 911 and applied pressure to Amuah’s wound until paramedics arrived. She later died at the hospital.
Rana says he feared an intruder
“I didn’t shoot her in cold blood,” Rana said in court on Tuesday. “I genuinely thought someone was barging into my home at one in the morning because I didn’t authorize anyone to come up. I didn’t know anyone was coming.”…