MIAMI – Orbie Velez asked a man one question before firing the single shot that killed him in North Miami, a witness said, according to detectives.
“Why are you looking at me and looking in my car?” Velez asked while driving a white 2015 Nissan Altima, according to a police report.
Corrections officers were holding Velez, 21, without bond on Monday.
Police said he confessed to the shooting after a witness identified him as the gunman in the Dec. 24 shooting at a Checkers drive-in restaurant, near the intersection of Northwest Seventh Avenue and Northwest 135th Street, in North Miami.
According to his arrest report, Velez had ordered and paid for his food before getting into a minor argument with the victim about the victim looking at him.
The report states that the victim responded by asking “What?” when Velez asked him why he was staring at him.
A witness told police that she heard a single gunshot before the victim fell to the ground.
She said Velez drove away, but returned to the scene, at which time she was able to record a portion of his license plate number.
Officers arrested Velez on Saturday after pulling over his vehicle in the area of Northwest 119th Street and 24th Avenue.
They said he was driving with a suspended license.
Velez appeared in court on Sunday to face a second-degree murder charge, records show.
While at the North Miami Police Department, Velez told police officers he had shot the victim in the chest out of fear because the victim was staring at him, according to the arrest report.
Officers said they found the firearm that he used in the December shooting inside his car.
Authorities did not release the identity of the man who was killed.
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