Miami-Dade deputies on Friday arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a 2019 killing in the Gladeview neighborhood, capping off a multiyear investigation into a northwest Miami-Dade shooting. Authorities identified Marshaun Altarol West Jr. as the suspect and say they built the case through witness statements and surveillance video. The victim was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and later pronounced dead, according to reports.
Detectives point to witnesses and surveillance
According to Local 10, the shooting happened around 8:10 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2019, near Northwest 76th Street and 17th Avenue in Gladeview. Investigators say the victim was riding a bicycle and stopped near a group in the roadway when an argument broke out. Deputies allege West grabbed a gun from another person in the group and opened fire, hitting the victim multiple times before taking off.
Detectives interviewed several witnesses and say their accounts lined up with surveillance video from the area. West now faces charges of second-degree murder with a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Records reviewed by Local 10 list prior convictions for attempted felony murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
Held at MetroWest Detention Center
Jail records list West as being held without bond, Local 10 reported. MetroWest is part of the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation system and is located at 13850 NW 41st Street, according to Miami-Dade County. The county’s online in-custody search can be used to check current bookings.
Charges carry steep penalties under state law
Florida law sets out homicide offenses in chapter 782 and makes it illegal for a convicted felon to possess a firearm. The felon-in-possession ban appears in Florida Senate materials at section 790.23, and the state’s murder statute is codified in separate Florida Senate materials at section 782.04. Prosecutors are expected to lean on those provisions as the case moves through the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.
Investigators’ persistence mirrors other cold-case work
Miami-Dade detectives in recent years have gone back to older homicide files, using fresh tips, interagency teamwork and evidence such as surveillance footage to clear long-stalled cases, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office press release and local reporting. Those examples show how leads developed well after a crime can still end in arrests, even when the motive is murky…