The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has released an edited “critical incident” video showing a deputy fatally shooting a 36-year-old suspected shoplifter outside a Walmart in southwest Miami-Dade on Nov. 6, 2025. The footage, posted this week, combines body-camera and store surveillance angles from the morning encounter near South Dixie Highway.
The video comes as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement continues its outside review, a standard step in police shootings. Investigators say loss-prevention staff flagged a theft in progress, a deputy moved to detain the man near the entrance, and a struggle spilled into the parking lot before gunfire. The sheriff’s office says a handgun linked to the man was recovered at the scene. The deputy’s name has not been released while criminal and administrative reviews proceed, and prosecutors will later determine whether the use of force was justified.
According to the agency’s narration, the encounter began shortly after 7 a.m. outside the Walmart Supercenter at 21151 South Dixie Highway in the Goulds area. Video shows a deputy grabbing the man near the doors, the camera shaking as both fall to the pavement. As the struggle continues, the deputy can be heard shouting, “Stop resisting!” The suspect breaks free and runs. Additional footage from a fixed camera shows the man with what appears to be a handgun in his right hand as he moves toward the lot. Seconds later, the deputy fires. First responders arrived within minutes and took the wounded man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Officials identified the man as Kennedy Graham, 36. The sheriff’s office says the edited release includes slow-motion frames where a handgun appears on the ground and in Graham’s hand as he flees. The compilation also displays a still photo of the recovered weapon. The video does not show an unbroken, single angle of the firearm from first appearance to recovery; investigators say the full, unedited files are preserved for review. No bystanders were reported injured during the encounter. The deputy was not hurt, according to the agency’s statement.
The Goulds Supercenter sits off South Dixie Highway with large surface lots and steady morning traffic from nearby neighborhoods and the busway. Surveillance cameras above the storefront captured parts of the pursuit along the sidewalk and into the lane of parked cars. Detectives have been canvassing surrounding businesses for exterior video that might show the initial contact at the sliding doors and the path the suspect took after breaking free. The scene diagram includes shell casings near the drive aisle and a recovery location for the handgun in the lot, according to officials familiar with the case summaries.
Under Florida protocol, FDLE leads the criminal investigation into shootings by law enforcement and later forwards the file to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office for a decision on charges or clearance. Separately, the sheriff’s office conducts an administrative review that weighs policy, training and tactics. Those processes typically analyze frame-by-frame video, dispatch audio, radio traffic, forensic lab results, and witness statements from employees, shoppers and responding officers. The deputy remains on administrative status pending the outcomes, the agency said. A public memo from prosecutors, if the case is cleared, usually explains whether the deputy reasonably perceived an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm under state law.
Relatives who came to the scene in November questioned the force used and asked to view the entire body-camera file rather than an edited compilation. The department says full raw recordings are maintained for investigators and released under Florida records rules once the case is closed or if a court orders it sooner. In past South Florida cases, those releases have taken months. The sheriff’s office said this week’s edited video was issued to summarize the sequence of events while protecting active-case material and personal information that cannot be published during an open review.
Records and earlier broadcasts outline a timeline that starts with a loss-prevention alert at the front doors and ends with gunfire in the lot during the morning rush. The Walmart at 21151 South Dixie Highway typically draws early shoppers and school traffic. Witness clips recorded that day mention hearing several sharp cracks and seeing deputies rush to the entrance. The department’s narration states that fire rescue crews attempted lifesaving measures before the hospital pronounced the man dead later that morning. Officials have not announced any additional suspects or arrests connected to the alleged theft report that preceded the confrontation.
What happens next depends on the two-track system. FDLE continues interviews with the deputy, store security staff and civilian witnesses and will reconcile timestamps across devices to build a minute-by-minute account. Forensic work includes distance and trajectory analysis of the rounds fired and lab checks on the recovered handgun. Administratively, internal affairs will compare the deputy’s actions with agency policies on foot pursuits, de-escalation, weapon draws and prone control holds. Any policy updates tied to storefront encounters may be published when the internal review closes, according to the agency.
The surroundings remained busy the day of the release. Shoppers moved through the automatic doors while deputies and store managers spoke briefly near the entrance about the earlier incident. A man who parks daily along the outer row said he remembered hearing sirens the morning of the shooting and watching paramedics roll a stretcher past the cart corral. Another regular described seeing new surveillance notices posted near the vestibule this week. Both declined to give their full names but said the footage answered some questions while raising others about the early moments of the struggle.
Authorities say the criminal review is active and that more information will be provided when major milestones occur. The next expected step is FDLE’s case submission to prosecutors, followed by a public charging or clearance decision. Until then, the deputy remains on administrative status and the Walmart has reopened after evidence processing.
Author note: Last updated January 22, 2026.