Crime

Deputies make an arrest, still searching for 1 more in shooting of a mom at a Broward bar

An arrest has been made a week after a 32-year-old mother was killed in the crossfire of a shooting between two men inside a Dania Beach bar, the Broward County Sheriff Office announced Friday.

Jose Soltren Echevarria, 24, was arrested Thursday in connection with the death of Marissa Harris. He is facing multiple charges, including manslaughter, carrying a concealed firearm and being in possession of a weapon or ammo by a convicted felon, the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators say Echevarria got into an argument with another man inside Rookie’s Ale House, 3325 Griffin Road, shortly before 3 a.m. on Nov. 4.

At some point, the argument escalated into gunfire and Harris was shot and killed in the crossfire. She was a bystander, deputies said.

Investigators say they are still looking for the other man who was involved in the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to contact BSO Homicide Detective Samantha Cottam at 954-321-4544. If you want to be anonymous, contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online at browardcrimestoppers.org.

This story was originally published November 13, 2020 at 3:26 PM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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