Armed cops wrongly storm black war vets home while searching for felon who was already in prison

Armed Florida cops wrongfully stormed a achromatic warfare veteran's location while searching for a felon who was successful truth successful prison.

Naomi Simmons, a 27 twelvemonth aged who served successful Afghanistan, told NBC Miami she was sitting astatine location connected June 14 erstwhile she heard a banging connected her seven-year-old daughter's chamber window.

When she went extracurricular to cheque what nan commotion was 'there were 2 guns pointed astatine me,' she recounted.

'I said, why are you guys pointing guns?' she asked, noting that nan Miami-Dade constabulary officers did not place themselves earlier she opened nan door.

They past told her they were searching for a man named Marquise Wiley, who was wanted connected felony weapon charges. His ID listed his reside arsenic Simmons' home, she said.

But Simmons and her girl had been surviving astatine nan Miami Gardens location for much than a year, and had ne'er met Wiley and did not cognize thing astir him.

When constabulary yet near her house, satisfied that Wiley was not hiding retired there, Simmons said she sat backmost connected her sofa and was capable to way down nan suspect's whereabouts utilizing conscionable her phone.

She past recovered that Wiley was already successful custody, dealing pinch 2 criminal cases successful Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

'I was capable to find it pinch nary resources and a cellphone connected my couch,' Simmons told NBC Miami, adding: 'He was astatine nan situation earlier they moreover came to my door.' 

The 35 twelvemonth aged pinch a lengthy rap expanse had been sitting successful Broward County jailhouse since January to guidelines proceedings for his engagement successful a 2020 masked robbery astatine a jewelry store.

Wiley was past recovered blameworthy connected May 3, and was sentenced to 10 years and 3 months successful a authorities prison.

A judge past issued a warrant to bring Wiley backmost to Miami-Dade County for his ongoing weapon case, which he has pleaded not blameworthy to.

The Broward Sheriff's Office has since confirmed he was successful their jailhouse that full time, until he was transferred to a authorities situation connected June 13 - conscionable 1 time earlier Miami-Dade cops raided Simmons' home.

Miami-Dade constabulary now opportunity they checked local, authorities and national databases to find whether Wiley was successful custody anterior to raiding Simmons' location - but neglected to cheque nan Broward County Jail database.

They besides apparently grounded to recognize that tribunal records past connected Wiley to nan reside they raided successful 2018, stating that he had lived location for conscionable 1 year, according to Atlanta Black Star. 

But nan constabulary section has apparently tried to spot nan blasted for nan mix-up connected nan Broward County Sheriff's Office, saying deputies should person checked connected Wiley's position earlier transferring him to authorities custody owed to his pending weapon case.

A spokesperson for nan department, though, has said they will analyse nan incident.  

Meanwhile, Simmons said nan ordeal near her traumatized.

'I'm not sleeping, I'm still having nightmares,' she told NBC Miami astir a period later.

'I already suffer from PTSD from my clip successful Afghanistan.'

She went connected to picture nan business arsenic 'frustrating and scary because you spot each these things connected nan news astir group that look for illustration me, men and women who are getting killed because constabulary showed up astatine nan incorrect location - and constabulary showed up astatine nan incorrect house.'