NBC 6 South Florida
Three Miami-Dade officers involved in a shootout last year that left a suspected squatter dead won't face criminal charges, prosecutors said.
In a close-out memo from earlier this month, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office determined the officers were legally justified in the Jan. 17, 2024 shootout that killed Christopher Lynn Bailey .
The officers had responded to the home in the 22000 block of Southwest 162nd Avenue after the owner reported that squatters were occupying the home.
Officers tried to enter with keys provided by the owner but the bottom lock wouldn't open, so they made their way to the back and entered through a sliding glass door.
That's where they encountered Bailey, who yelled at them to "get out of here" and was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, the memo said.
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