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 The killing comes amid a national outcry over police violence
against minorities, sparked by high-profile police killings of
unarmed black men in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, and New York
in the past year.
Miami Police told the newspaper that officer Antonio Torres shot
46-year-old Fritz Severe dead at a park where children were
attending summer camp, adding that as many as 60 people may have
witnessed the killing.
Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes told the newspaper that officers
were responding to a call of a "violent disturbance" at the park
when they encountered the man, and urged that "everybody wait for
the facts."
Nichelle Miller, a witness to the morning shooting, told the
newspaper that the officer fired around five times.
"The man had a stick in his hand. They could have tasered him. He
was a homeless guy who's there every morning," she said.
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A picture published online by the newspaper showed that Severe was
black.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Paul Tait)
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