By Steve Plunkett
An Opa-locka resident has been identified as the man who brandished a firearm and robbed two people on the barrier island early on July 24, police say.
Kwame Moorer, who turned 31 on Sept. 17, was arrested in Miami-Dade County on Aug. 31 on a Boca Raton warrant. Police Detective Scott Hanley used surveillance video and other investigative tools to determine Moorer was the perpetrator, the city’s Police Services Department said in a news release.
The victims arrived home on Banyan Road at 4:28 a.m. that Sunday after spending the evening at the Seminole Hard Rock casino in Hollywood. They both told police that when they parked and got out of the car, they were approached by a masked man who pointed a gun at them and demanded their belongings.
They gave the robber, who was wearing dark pants and a long-sleeve hoodie, their wallets, phones and cash. Both stated the man began to flee and turned before jumping over a concrete wall, then fired one shot in their direction. He got into a dark SUV parked on Banyan Road and fled north. Neither victim was injured.
Hanley determined Moorer followed the victims home from the casino before robbing them. Moorer faces charges of robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault with a firearm, police said.
The incident happened in the 2700 block of Banyan Road. Banyan is a block west of State Road A1A and runs parallel to it from East Camino Real to Southeast 31st Street.
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