MIAMI - Miami Police Chief Manny Morales expressed alarm over the brutal attacks on four homeless people early Tuesday morning, which left two dead and another in critical condition. The attacks occurred around 6 a.m. near Northwest 1st Avenue and 6th Street.

A man wielding a stick killed two people in Miami in an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was taken into custody following the beatings, which police say were carried out early Thursday.

A suspect was in custody after an unprovoked attack on homeless people in downtown Miami left two dead and two others hospitalized Thursday morning, authorities said.

A man with a stick attacked four homeless people in downtown Miami early Thursday morning, killing two and injuring two others in what the police called a horrible “display of unprovoked violence.” The man was seen attacking the people with a stick at 6 a.

Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said he is alarmed by attacks on four homeless people in his city on Thursday morning. Two of them did not survive and one other victim is in critical condition.