One dead in another fatal spring break shooting on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach

Mar 20, 2023
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One person is dead after a late-night shooting Sunday in South Beach, according to Miami Beach police, marking the second fatal shooting on Ocean Drive this weekend during spring break. Police said a male was shot around 3:30 a.m. near 11th Street and Ocean Drive and was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Unit, where he died. A second victim was injured and treated and released at the scene, police said. Officers chased a subject on foot and arrested him near 12th Street and Washington Avenue, police said. The police department said in a statement Sunday that it was a “targeted and isolated incident.” On Sunday evening, Miami Beach police released an arrest report saying Dontavious Polk, a 24-year-old Fort Lauderdale man, was facing first-degree murder charges for the shooting.