Brandon Bennett, 33, was shot and killed near a Miami-Dade Transit bus on October 21, 2020, around 7 p.m. Officers found his body partially inside the bus at Northwest 36th Street and 31st Avenue, with his feet on the bus and his torso outside; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial accounts left it unclear whether the shooting occurred on the bus or nearby, and investigators interviewed the driver and reviewed surveillance footage to reconstruct events.

An arrest followed: 22-year-old Malik Osiris Horton was charged with first-degree murder. According to the arrest warrant, Horton and a woman boarded at the Metrorail Allapattah station, Bennett boarded later, and a confrontation began after Horton accused Bennett of staring at him. Surveillance footage reportedly shows Horton reaching into a backpack and a muzzle flash, then Bennett falling backward out of the bus while Horton and the woman fled on foot and were later located and extradited to Miami.

Bennett’s family described him as a young man with a bright future and noted he left behind a 16-year-old son. Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about what happened is asked to come forward.