High On Mushrooms, Gwinnett Man Shoots, Kills Miami Tourist: Cops

MIAMI — A Gwinnett man who told police he was high on mushrooms is in custody after randomly shooting and killing a tourist at a Miami Beach restaurant, according to multiple reports.

Tamarius Blair Davis, 22, was in the Miami-Dade County Jail on Thursday without bond, charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Dustin Wakefield, a 21-year-old father from Colorado who was trying to protect his infant son, authorities said.

Davis told police that he was high on mushrooms at the time of the random shooting and felt “empowered,” according to his arrest report.

“After the shooting, he was dancing on top of the guy,” a witness who asked not to be identified said to WFOR-TV in Miami.

The shooting took place Tuesday night at La Cerveceria de Barrio on Ocean Drive in Miami. Witnesses said the gunman opened fire into the café, shooting Wakefield several times.

Wakefield was brought to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he died from his wounds, Miami Beach police said. Wakefield’s family has started a GoFundMe campaign to help support his widow and child.

Minutes before this, the gunman chased another randomly chosen man, shooting at him but missing, reports said.

Timothy Burgess told WFOR-TV that he saw the gunman, later identified by police as Davis, take a gun out of his backpack in an alley near the restaurant and start shooting at him.

"I'm like, 'Hey, this guy's got a gun.' And I get over here and he's on me and he's like chasing me around the car," Burgess said.

Burgess ran from the area for his safety.

Miami Beach police investigating the shooting took Davis into custody, later charging him with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. He's being held without bond, police said.