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Jamal Wayne Wood

Gender : Male

Age : 37

Race : Black

Date : 04/06/2024

Location : Martini Bar, 3450 NW 83rd Avenue

City : Doral

County : Miami-Dade

State : Florida

Agency : Doral City Police Department, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after mall shooting

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On April 6, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., an altercation occurred at the Martini Bar located at 3450 NW 83rd Avenue in Doral, Florida. Security guard George Alejandro Castellanos, 23, intervened, at which point 37-year-old patron Jamal Wayne Wood allegedly drew a firearm and fatally shot Castellanos.

Doral Police Department officers, already present in the vicinity, responded immediately. Upon arrival, they encountered Wood, who was still armed. Officers engaged Wood in a shootout; Wood was shot and killed by police. One officer sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and applied a tourniquet himself; he was reported to be in stable condition.
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The incident also resulted in injuries to six bystanders—five men and one woman. Two of the injured were reported to be in critical condition, while the others were in stable condition. (Note: The fatality of the security guard occurred prior to police involvement and for this reason is not included in this database nor the casualty count during the police encounter.)
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Wood's girlfriend publicly stated that Wood was a legal gun owner and acted in self-defense, alleging that the security guard fired first. As of this update, there is no available information regarding the existence of surveillance footage capturing the incident.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the officer-involved shooting. As of this update, the identities of the involved officers have not been disclosed, effectively shielding them from public scrutiny.
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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 1 fatality, 7 injuries (including 1 officer)
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Last update: 12/04/2024

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/girlfriend-of-cityplace-doral-shooting-suspect-demands-more-answers/3279596/
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/suspect-identified-cityplace-doral-martini-bar-shooting/3278715/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/04/07/why-would-he-have-a-gun-more-details-about-martini-bar-fatal-shootings-in-miami-dade/
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/04/06/2-killed-7-injured-in-police-involved-shooting-at-cityplace-doral/
https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/gunman-fatally-shoots-guard-at-cityplace-dorals-martini-bar-is-killed-in-police-shootout-7-injured-include-officer-bars-owner/