Miami police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen in more than five months, authorities confirmed Friday morning.

Authorities are seeking the public’s help to identify a young child who they say was abandoned outside North Miami Elementary School on Thursday morning.

A man wielding a stick killed two people in Miami in an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was taken into custody following the beatings, which police say were carried out early Thursday.

Miami police have identified the man accused of killing two homeless people and injuring two others in an unprovoked attack

It started out as the Dade County Sheriff’s Office. In 1957, it became the Dade County Public Safety Department in 1957. and then the Metro-Dade Police Department in 1981. When the county changed names to Miami-Dade in 1997, so did the police department.

We have huge challenges with people who have mental illness,’ says Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos Martinez.

A suspect was in custody after an unprovoked attack on homeless people in downtown Miami left two dead and two others hospitalized Thursday morning, authorities said.

The North Bay Village Police Department announced that 10 officers will join law enforcement agencies from across the country.

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The names of the suspect — who was apprehended soon after the attack ؅— and the victims were not identified by law enforcement authorities because of the ongoing investigation, said Miami Police Chief Manny Morales during a press conference on Thursday afternoon.

Miami-Dade’s new sheriff said during the campaign the budget was too low. Now she’s asking the County Commission to spend more.

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