Knife attack confused for performance art at Art Basel Miami Beach

Police then tracked him down inside the barber shop seen in the footage.

He gave the bank teller a hand-written note that said he had a bomb and demanded $20’s, $50’s and $100’s, according to federal investigators.

“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.

Det. Kathleen Prieto, a spokeswoman with Miami Beach police said the injuries aren’t life-threatening and added that the victim was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

A video of a shooting on Miami Beach was posted on Instagram and elsewhere on social media.

The video shows the man confront the officers with a razor. The man is shot and falls to the ground.

“It’s a disgusting, an isolated incident and it’s tragic for everybody involved”, Mayor Philip Levine told CNN. The video appears to show another officer hit the suspect with a stun gun nearly at the same time or right before the shot was sacked, but police have not confirmed if that device was used.

“As we learn more about this incident from Miami-Dade police, from the state attorney’s office, we will make sure to keep everyone informed”, he said.

Zhao stabbed the victim in the neck with a craft knife, WSVN reported.

“Everything seemed under control”.

Art enthusiasts mistook a stabbing at a gallery for a live installation piece, it has been claimed. “He was not acting erratic”.

The suspect was surrounded by several officers when he was shot.

“It went boom-boom, twice”, Rodriguez said.

The shooting will be investigated by the Miami-Dade Police.

“It’s a very unusual place for something like this to happen”, said Amanda DeSeta, of Coconut Grove, after she walked near the crime scene.

One officer then discharges a Taser at the man’s chest while another nearly simultaneously fires an assault rifle, the newspaper reported. Police told NBC Miami that the alleged perpetrator is being charged with attempted murder.