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A straight-edge wielding man suspected of robbing a bank was shot and killed by police on Miami Beach Saturday, an incident made all the more public after a video was posted of it on Instagram.

Witnesses said they could see the man causing a commotion inside the barber shop.

“Miami Beach Police Officers tried to talk him down, but [he] just wouldn’t cooperate”, Johnson said in his posting, which had hundreds of comments and about 60 likes.

He emerged with a straight edge razor in his hand.

The Instagram video, apparently taken from across the street, showed the officer pointing a rifle directly at the man’s chest.

Warning: The video below depicts graphic violence.

The male officer who shot the man walked toward a parked police auto near the northwest corner of the intersection after the shots were fired. Pursuant to departmental policy, Miami-Dade County Police Department will be investigating the shooting.

Florida cops shot and killed a suspected bank robber armed with a barber’s razor in the middle of a Miami Beach road, officials said. “Nearly smiling”, said Perez, while the suspect was being taken into police custody.

The Miami Beach police department has announced an initiative to place body cameras on all police shortly, and we will follow up to see if these officers were wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting.

“It’s a terrible, an isolated incident and it’s tragic for everybody involved”, Mayor Philip Levine said.

Oates said he was aware videos of the shooting had been posted on social media.

“The police officers were trying to keep him calm and get him to remove the sharp object”, Johnson said in a telephone interview.

Authorities packed the stretch of Alton Road between 15th and 16th streets, closing down all traffic for hours as multiple agencies investigated. Early morning shenanigans on Miami Beach.

He said an officer then fired a Taser at the man before the gunshots. People can be heard in the background of the video reacting with screams and sounds of surprise.

Johnson said the man was waving the razor as he talked.