4 shot, 2 dead, 2 arrests. Now Miami police searching for 3rd suspect

Two days after charging two men in a shooting that left two people wounded and two others dead — including a Northwestern High School honors students — Miami police still haven't discussed what they believe triggered the violence a month ago on a Sunday afternoon.

But they did reveal Monday that they were looking for a third suspect, Deondre McDuffy, in connection with the murders of 17-year-old Northwestern honors student Kimson Green and Rickey Dixon, 18, a former student at the school, and for the attempted murder of two others.

"Deondre McDuffy is considered dangerous and possibly armed," Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina announced at a press conference. "If anyone knows the whereabouts of this man, please tell us."

Saturday night, acting on tips and information from the ongoing investigation, police set up a perimeter at a home in the same Liberty Square housing project where the two teens were shot and killed on April 8. They entered an apartment and took Yaairnes Rashad Bryant, 21, and Anthony Clinch, 19, into custody.

Both were charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Both remained at the Turner Guilford Knight correctional center on Monday and were denied bond.

The early April shooting was brazen even for a community that has been wracked by gun violence for decades. As Green, Dixon and two others sat around on the lawn in front of a home at about 2 p.m., someone or several people opened fire and fled.

In the wake of February's Parkland high school rampage and the outcry and protests that followed, hundreds of Green's classmates at Northwestern staged a walkout themselves and several in the community pleaded for help. In the weeks since, police have inundated the eight square blocks in the city's northwest corner with a command center, patrols, even police on horseback.

Though there hasn't been a gunfire death in the city's north end in over a month, some residents have said they are less than thrilled with the idea of such a heavy permanent police presence. Colina has said he has no intention of moving law enforcement out any time soon.

As for a motive, if police have one, they're not sharing it publicly. One source familiar with the investigation said police are looking into if the shooting was over some type of ongoing dispute.

This story was originally published May 7, 2018 at 3:24 PM with the headline "4 shot, 2 dead, 2 arrests. Now Miami police searching for 3rd suspect."