A new incident of Police violence took place in the US, this time in Miami. The victim was a homeless man who received five shots by a police officer, when he refused to put down the metal rod he was holding. The incident took place in a public pool on Thursday, while 50 children were actively looking at the scene.

Police was called to the spot because they thought that the man was a threat. The man, though warned to lay down his metal rod which was considered a weapon, refused to comply. One of the officers proceeded to discharge his weapon five times, while children in the public pool were witness to the fact.

The homeless man was declared dead in the hospital.