Dustin Wakefield was 21 and on vacation with his wife and their 1-year-old son when he was shot and killed while dining with family at an outdoor patio of La Cerveceria on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach on August 24, 2021. According to accounts, a man identified as 22-year-old Tamarius Blair Davis Jr. from Norcross, Georgia, approached the family, pointed a gun at the child, and Wakefield stepped between the gunman and his son. Witnesses said Davis shot Wakefield multiple times; bystanders recorded footage of Davis acting erratically at the scene.

Police arrested Davis in a nearby alley; officers found a handgun by him and took him into custody. He later confessed, saying he felt empowered by mushrooms he had consumed, and was charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. Wakefield’s family remembered him as a loving father and husband who sacrificed himself to protect his child.

If anyone was at La Cerveceria that evening or has information about what happened, please share what you know.