Suspect in Miami Club Shooting Cut Loose, Prosecutors Say Police Mishandled Confession

By David Ovalle From Miami Herald MIAMI—Miami-Dade prosecutors have dropped the case against one of the suspected gunmen in a North Miami-Dade banquet hall mass shooting, saying homicide detectives improperly got a confession after he asked for an attorney. The state on Wednesday chose not to formerly charge Warneric Buckner, 20, of Miami Gardens, with three counts of first-degree murder and 20 counts of attempted murder. Buckner was believed to be one of three men in ski masks who got out of a stolen Nissan Pathfinder and opened fire on the crowd outside El Mula Banquet Hall on May 30. The men ran back to the SUV—as others in the parking lot fired back. Killed in the shooting were Desmond Owens and Clayton Dillard III, both 26, and Shankquia Lechelle Peterson, 32. Twenty people were wounded outside the hall, which was hosting a rap show; investigators believe the shooting was …

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