Second Suspect Warneric Buckner Arrested In El Mula Banquet Hall Shooting

CBS Miami

October 7, 2021

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – There’s been a second arrest in the mass shooting at the El Mula banquet hall in northwest Miami-Dade over the Memorial Day weekend.

Warneric Buckner, 20, is facing three counts of first-degree murder and 20 counts of attempted first-degree murder.

Desmond Owens, 26, Clayton Dillard III, 26, and Shaniqua Peterson, 32, were killed and nearly two dozen others were hurt in the May 30th shooting which happened outside the hall at 7630 NW 186 Street where a crowd had gathered for a rap show.

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