Barbaro Lara, 50, of Miami was shot and killed on February 8, 2020, during a music video shoot in Sweetwater in the 11200 block of Southwest 7th Street. Police reports say a confrontation began after Lara took a knife; bystanders disarmed him, but he went into a nearby home and returned with a machete. When Lara lunged at another man, that man shot him. Lara was taken to a hospital where he died.

The shooter was detained for questioning but was not charged after the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office determined the shooting was self-defense. Miami-Dade police homicide detectives continue to investigate. Officers processed the scene for hours and examined classic cars and items described as wads of cash and possible drug-like materials.

If anyone was at the video shoot or has information about the confrontation, the weapons involved, or what led Lara to leave and return with a machete, please share what you know.