Gunman High On Mushrooms Kills South Beach Diner: Report

MIAMI BEACH, FL — A young father visiting from Colorado was shot and killed at random while eating dinner with his family in the outdoor section of a South Beach café Tuesday evening.

The shooting took place at La Cerveceria de Barrio on Ocean Drive near 14th Street, CBS4 Miami reported.

The victim, later identified as 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield on social media by a relative, was eating with his wife and child when the shooting happened around 6:30 p.m., the Miami Herald reported.

Witnesses said the gunman opened fire into the café, shooting Wakefield several times, and then danced on top of his body, according to WPLG Local 10.

Wakefield was brought to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he died from his wounds, Miami Beach police said.

Minutes before this, the gunman chased another random man, shooting at him, but missing, reports said.

Timothy Burgess told CBS4 Miami that he saw the gunman, later identified by police as Tamarius Blair Davis, take a gun out of his backpack in an alley near the restaurant and start shooting at him.

“I’m like, ‘Hey, this guy’s got a gun.’ And I get over here and he’s on me and he’s like chasing me around the car,” Burgess said.

Burgess ran from the area for his safety.

Miami Beach police investigating the shooting took Davis into custody, later arresting and charging him with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. He’s being held without bond, police said.

Davis told police that he was high on mushrooms at the time of the random shooting and felt empowered, reports said.