MIAMI - Miami Police Chief Manny Morales expressed alarm over the brutal attacks on four homeless people early Tuesday morning, which left two dead and another in critical condition. The attacks occurred around 6 a.m. near Northwest 1st Avenue and 6th Street.

While we treat homeless individuals with compassion ... it is illegal in Miami Beach to live on our streets,” Mayor Steven Meiner said in a recent social media post.

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

Two people in Miami are dead following what law enforcement officials say was an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people by a man wielding a stick

MIAMI - An arrest has been made in the unprovoked attacks on the homeless in Downtown Miami that left two dead. Brenton Clarke, 36, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery with a deadly weapon.

The head of the county’s homeless agency is calling on law enforcement to investigate the attacks as a hate crime.

Miami police have identified the man accused of killing two homeless people and injuring two others in an unprovoked attack. Brenton Clarke, 36, of Inwood, New York, was arrested shortly after the Thursday morning attack,