Arrest made after pastor stabbed to death at Miami-Dade church

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A person was once arrested over the weekend after police say he stabbed a South Florida pastor to death at a church in Miami-Dade County.

According to prison data, James Walter Dawkins, 44, of Miami, is dealing with one depend of first-degree homicide.

Miami-Dade police, in conjunction with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue body of workers, have been dispatched to Westview Baptist Church, positioned at 13301 NW twenty fourth Ave., round 5:31 p.m. Saturday after receiving studies of a stabbing, government mentioned.

Upon arrival, officials came upon the sufferer, who they recognized as 41-year-old Antwane Dwayne Lenoir, mendacity unresponsive at the floor with stab wounds to the neck. He was once pronounced lifeless at the scene.

Authorities showed Lenoir, who was once in his complete armed safety guard uniform and was once a pastor at the church, contacted a locksmith to alternate a number of door locks at the premises ahead of the incident befell.

While at the church with the locksmith, police mentioned Lenoir was once keen on a verbal altercation with Dawkins, who is living at the premises.

A short while later, with none provocation, Dawkins proceeded to stab the sufferer more than one instances and fled the scene on foot, his arrest record mentioned.

On Sunday, a Miami-Dade Associate Medical Examiner carried out an post-mortem on Lenoir, confirming that his explanation for death was once attributed to “sharp force injuries and (was) classified as a homicide,” in accordance to investigators.

Police mentioned simply after 2 p.m. Sunday, Miami-Dade police positioned Dawkins within the space of Northwest 62nd Street and Northwest twenty seventh Avenue in Miami and transported him to the dept’s headquarters for wondering.

After studying Dawkins his Miranda Rights, detectives mentioned that he introduced a observation relating to his involvement within the incident. However, it was once discovered that the observation equipped didn’t align with the proof accumulated right through the investigation.

As of Monday, Dawkins is being held with out bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

A reason for the stabbing stays unclear at this time.