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Eldridge Alexis

Gender : Male

Age : 38

Race : Black

Date : 03/16/2023

Location : NE 168th St/68th Ave

City : North Miami Beach

County : Miami-Dade

State : Florida

Agency : North Miami Beach PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during investigation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

North Miami Beach PD alleges that Eldridge Alexis was armed with a machete and holding a woman hostage at a medical complex in North Miami Beach. Police arrived and tasered him and he fled. He ran to where nurses and medical personnel were where he took a female hostage. Police shot and killed him. His family, one of whom is an officer, stated that he was not a violent person and perhaps could have been talked down.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/suspect-armed-with-machete-dead-after-police-involved-shooting-in-north-miami-beach/

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/man-holding-woman-hostage-with-machete-fatally-shot-by-police-in-north-miami-beach-chief/2995071/

https://news.yahoo.com/man-machete-took-woman-hostage-191853869.html

https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1749722/florida-miami-news-machete-man-hostage-dxus