{"id":1118,"date":"2026-05-28T23:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:32:05","slug":"no-charges-for-miami-dade-sergeant-after-high-speed-chase-ends-in-fatal-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1118","title":{"rendered":"No charges for Miami-Dade sergeant after high-speed chase ends in fatal shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office Sgt. Kelvin Cox won\u2019t be facing criminal charges for shooting and killing 24-year-old Kristofer Lazaro Laboy last year after a high-speed chase that started over tinted windows and ended in gunshots, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1116\">\u2018Hand to God.\u2019 Deputy said driver was texting with a hand that she doesn\u2019t have<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In a close-out memorandum signed Tuesday, the Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office wrote that its investigation of the fatal shooting on June 17, 2025, found that the sergeant\u2019s actions were \u201clegally justified.\u201d Prosecutors will not be pressing any criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese objective facts establish that a reasonable person in Sergeant Cox\u2019s position would have believed that using deadly force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to Sergeant Cox and\/or others,\u201d the memo read.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On June 17, Det. Oliver Morris, with MDSO\u2019s Robbery Intervention Detail, noticed a yellow Chevrolet Corvette with \u201cvery dark\u201d windshield tints in the area of Northwest 66th Street and 22nd Avenue, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Deputy shoots, kills armed man after \u2018simple traffic stop\u2019 goes wrong, MDSO says<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He tried to pull over the car, driven by Laboy, but it sped away from him \u2014 sparking a brief chase. The detective, at some point, stopped following, and a helicopter was called in and quickly spotted the Corvette, which video from the copter showed was \u201cdriving recklessly throughout residential neighborhoods,\u201d the memo reads.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Laboy drove on the wrong side of the road, blew through stop signs, sometimes went off the road and nearly caused crashes, the investigation found.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>About four minutes after the helicopter joined the pursuit, Sgt. Cox and Sgt. Ryan Aguilera followed Laboy into a housing complex in the area of Northwest Fourth Court and 85th Street. Laboy drove onto a grassy area, but reached a dead end.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1114\">Old-school street hustle costs a man $4,000 and his Rolex, Miami police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Body-worn camera footage from the deputies captured the ensuing fatal moments. Cox screamed \u201cput the gun down\u201d before Laboy got out of the Corvette.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Man shot dead by deputy after traffic stop had gun, released video shows<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors and deputies said when Laboy exited the car he had a Sig Sauer P320-M18, with a round in the chamber, in his right hand and ran toward Cox\u2019s parked car.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSergeant Cox exclaimed \u2018oh s&#8212;,\u2019 opened his front driver\u2019s door and discharged his firearm approximately eight times, striking Laboy,\u201d the memo reads.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Cox told Laboy, as he lay shot on the grass, to \u201cdrop the f&#8212;&#8212; gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the \u201cprotracted\u201d high-speed chase, endangering the lives of many, and Laboy\u2019s holding of a firearm contributed to their finding that no wrong-doing was done by Cox.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said it will not comment on the State Attorney\u2019s Office\u2019s decision, but that an internal-affairs investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1113\">American Black Film Festival co-founder talks festival\u2019s 30th anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Laboy\u2019s family could not be immediately reached for comments.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami-Dade prosecutors found Sgt. 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