Miami man is accused of fatally shooting girlfriend’s two brothers
.jpg "A Miami man is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend’s two brothers after a fight between the three men inside the couple’s apartment on Saturday, May 2, 2026., according to police.")
A Miami man is in a county jail on two counts of first-degree murder after police say he fatally shot his girlfriend’s two brothers, who detectives say were trying to protect her.
Police say Antwan Carter was in the apartment that he shares with the woman on the 5300 block of Northwest 17th Avenue around noon Saturday when he opened fire with his Glock 9 mm handgun, shooting 23-year-old Jaheim Pierre and 28-year-old Gianni Pierre.
Gianni Pierre was sitting on a couch when he was hit, and Jaheim Pierre ran toward his sister and collapsed on top of her when bullets struck him, according to Carter’s arrest report. When police arrived, the woman, whom the Miami Herald is not naming because she is a possible victim of domestic violence, was covered in blood, according to the report.
Jaheim Pierre was dead when paramedics arrived, according to the report. Gianni PIerre was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he died minutes after arriving, the report states.
Detectives say the woman and Carter had been in a relationship for about four years, and her brothers came to her apartment on Saturday “to look after her” because of a “history of previous domestic violence” between the couple, the report states.
Jaheim Pierre and his sister began arguing, and Carter interrupted them, the woman told police. Jaheim Pierre punched Carter, and a fight started involving all three men, the woman told police, according to the report.
Detectives watched building security-camera footage that showed Carter leave the apartment, walk to a black, four-door sedan, place “an unknown object” in his front pocket and walk back to the unit, according to the report.
He then banged on the door demanding someone let him in, saying, “I bet one of you won’t open up,” detectives wrote in the report.
When one of the brothers eventually opened the door, Carter ran inside, pulling the trigger, the footage showed, according to the report. Detectives wrote in the affidavit that they heard several gunshots, followed by a woman screaming. A woman was then seen running out of the apartment with her bare feet and clothes covered in blood, the report states.
The woman told police that after the shooting, Carter said to her, “See what you made me do,” the report states.
Carter, who is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center awaiting a judge to set bond, told detectives that he walked out of the apartment “to get a breath of fresh air,” according to the report. He told cops he returned to get his wallet and keys, and when he went inside, the brothers “squared up with both fists in the air ready to fight again,” the report states.
He said that’s when he pulled out his gun and shot them “several times,” according to the report.
Carter is being represented by an attorney who is with the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office and did not immediately respond to a request for comments. Carter has entered a written plea of not guilty.
