MIAMI — In less than 24 hours last month, Miami-Dade police shot and killed two men. One was a suspected armed robber, Jeremy Willie Horton, who led police on a chase in Liberty City before he fatally shot a young Miami-Dade police detective, then was killed himself by other officers.
The shooting the following day of Jaime Robles got far less attention but has raised more questions about the department’s action.
Robles, 34, was killed after Miami-Dade’s specialized tactical unit burst in to serve a search warrant in room 239 of the Extended Stay America in Miami Springs where Horton was believed to have stayed with him. Both men were on police radar in connection with an armed robbery in Broward County but Robles played no role in the shootout the night before that killed Detective Cesar Echaverry.
