HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Detectives accused a 19-year-old man of recording a video of himself in a Kia — while pointing a gun at a police car outside of a school in Miami-Dade County — and publishing it on Instagram on Monday.
Detectives identified the Instagram user “176thbaby” as Elijah Davis and the school as Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center, at 955 SE 18 Ave., in Homestead, according to the arrest form.
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Surveillance video from the school showed when the Kia, which officers discovered belongs to Davis’s mother, was behind the police car, according to authorities. Detectives searched Davis’s bedroom and found the Glock 41 that he had displayed in the video, according to police.
Detectives also found magazines and live rounds and detained Davis to question him at the Miami-Dade Schools Police headquarters before arresting him, according to police.
According to an arrest report, Davis’ mother also has a younger child, and that child attends Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center.
Davis was facing charges of written threats to kill or cause bodily injury, improper exhibition of a firearm, exhibiting a weapon on school property, and carrying a concealed weapon, records show.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.