After a Miami Beach bar fight, a man is fatally shot in the head, police say

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After a Miami Beach bar fight, a man is fatally shot in the head, police say

A bar fight between two men in Miami Beach ended with one of them dead after being shot in the back of the head, according to police.

On Friday, just before 5 a.m., police say Quayshawn West, 41, and Diego Pereira, 31, had gotten into a fight at the Sandbar Sports Bar at 6752 Collins Avenue. Others at the bar were able to split up the fight and bar management told them both to leave, police say. West was known to frequent the bar.

West was told to leave through the back, which is an enclosed patio, and Pereira was told to leave through the front. They did as they were told, police say.

But Pereira would make his way to the patio through a door in the alley. Police say surveillance footage captures the sound of a gunshot and Pereira is seen running back toward the alley door as West chases him and shoots him in the back of the head as he reaches the door, West’s arrest affidavit reads.

West then runs down the alley and can be seen leaving the gun in bushes at 6770 Collins Avenue.

A friend of Pereira told police he had left the bar to get food a few blocks away, and as he was walking back he heard two gunshots and saw West running out of the alley.

Miami Beach K9 units found a shirt and hat in a dumpster between 6834 and 6844 Harding Avenue, about two blocks away from Sandbar. Bloody sandals were at 6815 Abbott Avenue. The clothes matched what West was last seen wearing, police say.

A be-on-the-lookout alert was issued by police and West was found in the courtyard of 6785 Indian Creek Drive, where he lives, according to his arrest affidavit.

Pereira’s friend recognized West from a photo lineup.

West was taken into custody and remains locked up at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Wednesday after being denied bond. He is charged with second-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty, court records show. West is being represented by a public defender.