{"id":1650,"date":"2026-06-04T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:05:17","slug":"miami-dade-deputy-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-fatal-walmart-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1650","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade deputy cleared of wrongdoing in fatal Walmart shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy has been cleared of wrongdoing after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect at a Walmart in the county\u2019s Goulds area, Local 10 learned Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1648\">Missing Child Alert issued for Homestead teen who made \u2018concerning statements\u2019 before vanishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a closeout memo from the Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office, Deputy Wilfredo Ortega was \u201clegally justified\u201d in shooting Kennedy Graham, who battered Ortega and resisted arrest before fleeing from the deputy while holding a gun.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred back on Nov. 6, 2025, outside a Walmart in the area of Southwest 211th Street and South Dixie Highway.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, Ortega, who was patrolling the area at the time, was alerted around 7:15 a.m. about a subject inside the store who was allegedly stealing merchandise.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"415\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jVDpm__iVWQ?si=MINOckBLU2__IS1K\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Detectives said Graham, 36, ran away from the deputy, and the two got into a physical altercation just outside the store\u2019s front doors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1646\">Takeaways from primaries featuring Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman and a rare Trump setback<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video shows that Graham dropped a black handgun during the struggle with the deputy and then picked it up before running away.<\/p>\n<p>Ortega then fired at Graham, striking him.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Ortega rendered aid to Graham until Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics transported Graham to a local hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz told the media after the shooting that Graham had an \u201cextensive criminal past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Local 10 News spoke with Graham\u2019s sister, who said she believes the shooting was unjustified. 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