MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 17-year-old boy has been arrested following the fatal shooting of another teenager at an apartment complex in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed Tuesday.
According to his arrest report, Archie Cox Jr., of Miami, was taken into custody April 3 on a second-degree murder charge.
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The shooting was reported just before 11 p.m. March 21 at the North Park at Scott Carver apartment complex in the area of Northwest 74th Street and 23rd Court.
Miami-Dade police said they arrived to the scene to find a 16-year-old boy who had a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to the arrest report, detectives discovered that the victim and suspect had been involved in a verbal dispute that night that resulted in them getting into a physical altercation.
After the fight ended, the victim walked away, at which time Cox pulled out a gun and shot at the victim, striking him in the head, authorities said.
According to the report, Cox fled the scene but later responded to the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Homicide Bureau where he provided a video-recorded statement.
The statement was redacted from the publicly-released report.
Cox was ultimately arrested and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center.