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.

Two people are dead, and two others have been injured after a man allegedly attacked a group of homeless people with a stick, police said.