Man shot during armed robbery inside Miami Design District store, police say

Three men were arrested after a person was robbed of his $22,000 gold chain and shot in the stomach inside the Supreme streetwear store in the Miami Design District, according to police.

Miami police officers were sent to an emergency around 4:20 p.m. Saturday at the store, 45 NE 41st St., which displays a skate bowl suspended over the main floor, an arrest affidavit said.

They found a man with a gunshot wound, who briefly told officers about the robbery before he was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital. The man told a police investigator at the hospital that he was shopping when three men approached him.

He recognized the men “because they are all from the Atlanta area and have had problems with each other,” the affidavit said.

An argument broke out. One of the men is accused of walking behind the victim, ripping the chain off his neck and running.

The victim ran after him, and one of the men shot him in the stomach, the affidavit said. The three men got in a white Mercedes-Benz, which was being driven by a fourth man, and left.

Detectives later found the car at a dead-end portion of Northeast 10th Avenue.

Police arrested Jamar McKay, who police say snatched the gold chain, Omarion Phillips, and the alleged getaway driver, Kevieon Smith, on Saturday night. . The gunman was not taken into custody at that time.

A Miami Police spokesperson did not respond to requests Monday for comment on whether the gunman was still at large.

McKay, 25, of Mobile, Alabama, is facing one count of armed robbery. Phillips, 20, of Atlanta, is accused of one count of accessory after the fact. Smith, 21, of Riviera Beach, allegedly committed one count of accessory after the fact and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The men were being held at the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday afternoon, jail records show.