MIAMI — A Miami firefighter was fired Friday after the department determined he was the author of a callous Instagram post about the shooting death of a Miami-Dade officer that outraged many officers and drew a formal complaint from the police union.
The Thursday post, which also criticized police officers in general, circulated in social media as the South Florida law enforcement community was mourning the loss of Cesar Echaverry, who was shot in the head during a shootout with an armed robbery suspect and died Wednesday evening.
Miami Fire Chief Joseph Zahralban said late Friday afternoon that firefighter Kevin Newcomb was responsible for the posts.
