Miami police have identified the man accused of killing two homeless people and injuring two others in an unprovoked attack. Brenton Clarke, 36, of Inwood, New York, was arrested shortly after the Thursday morning attack,

At about 5:45 a.m., Miami Police officers responded to reports of a man armed with a stick assaulting people around North Miami Avenue and Northwest Sixth Street. The man, later identified as Brenton Clarke, 36, was arrested after a brief foot chase.

MIAMI - An arrest has been made in the unprovoked attacks on the homeless in Downtown Miami that left two dead. Brenton Clarke, 36, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery with a deadly weapon.

The head of the county’s homeless agency is calling on law enforcement to investigate the attacks as a hate crime.