Locksmith Gunned Down In West Miami Hallway After Lockout Call

What started as a routine lockout call in West Miami ended in deadly gunfire, with a 37-year-old locksmith shot in the head in a seventh-floor hallway and a 32-year-old man now facing a second-degree murder charge.

Miami police say the victim, identified as Adrian Venereo, was found Friday evening in a corridor of an apartment building on the 6300 block of Southwest Eighth Street and pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head. By Saturday, detectives had arrested Luis David Lemus, 32, who is listed in jail records as facing one count of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, according to CBS Miami.

Officers were called to the building around 6:30 p.m. Friday and located Venereo on the seventh floor, police said. Investigators used surveillance video and witness statements to track down Lemus, eventually detaining him near Southwest 52nd Court and Seventh Street, according to WPLG Local 10…

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