Murderer's Row

Shooting spree in Miami

Just before noon one day last week, a man wearing a straw hat strolled through the back door of Bob Moore's Welding & Machine Service, Inc., a two-story shop in northwest Miami, opened fire with a shotgun, and killed eight workers and wounded three others. Then he calmly walked out the back door and, slinging his gun over his shoulder, climbed onto his bicycle and pedaled away. He did not get far. Investigators later found the gunman sprawled dead a few blocks away, his straw hat at his feet and his bike leaning haphazardly against a utility pole. Police identified the killer as Carl Brown, 51, a onetime high school teacher.

The police said two angry bystanders jumped into a car, gave chase and rammed into Brown. They will not be charged with any crime; police later learned that Brown had been shot before being run down and died from the bullet wound. Apparently Brown had become upset over a $20 bill he had received from the garage for repairs on a lawnmower engine.

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