Car burglar nearly stole rent cash in Miami; 2 women fought him to death

MIAMI – Detectives reported two women were with a teenager and three children when they spotted a man stealing from their car in Miami. There was a shooting and the thief later died. Police officers arrested the women and they were facing murder charges.

Antwoinse Lachaveia Clark and Fredericka Sherice Pickett-Wilson decided to confront the thief. According to a police arrest report released on Monday, the man punched Pickett-Wilson in the face and took off running with her blue backpack.

Clark, 36, told police officers her cash for a rent payment was in the backpack. The man didn’t get far. Pickett-Wilson, 29, used pepper spray, and Clark recovered the backpack. That’s where police officers believe a stolen gun used for the shooting was.

The car burglary and shooting were on March 30 along Northeast 16 Street.

The burglary was on First Court and the shooting was on Second Avenue. He suffered gunshot wounds to his left upper abdomen and his left anterior thigh. Fire Rescue personnel took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he died Wednesday.

Detectives questioned Clark and Pickett-Wilson again on Friday at the Central station and Miami police officers arrested them. They appeared in bond court on Saturday and they were facing charges of second-degree murder.

Clark was also facing charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and grand theft of a firearm. She has an arrest record in Miami-Dade County. It includes a cocaine possession case that resulted in a probation sentence and two marijuana-related cases that resulted in fines.

The arrest form released did not include the identity of the slain man or details about whether or not he was armed. Court records show Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Zachary N. James was set to preside over the new cases. Their arraignment hearing is set for 9:30 a.m., on May 17.