MIAMI — Miami Beach officials will not impose a curfew Saturday and will stick to their spring break programming and policing plans after a deadly shooting rocked Ocean Drive on Friday night.
City spokesperson Matt Kenny confirmed the decision to the Miami Herald around noon Saturday.
“Given that this seems to have been an isolated incident occurring before midnight, and the crowds have been otherwise calm, it would be hard to justify and legally defend an emergency curfew,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said in a text message. “Obviously we continue to monitor and if circumstances change, we will take whatever measures are necessary and appropriate to protect the public.”
