Miami-Dade barber says longtime customer assaulted him with gun
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — What should have been a routine Tuesday at a Miami-Dade barbershop quickly turned violent, according to the shop’s owner, Samuel Wilson.
Wilson, who owns Square Cutz in Perrine, said a longtime customer became upset during a haircut and began arguing with him about his hairline.Deputies: Gunman who threatened to kill barber is ‘known violent offender’
Video from inside the barbershop shows the dispute escalating.
The customer briefly left the shop. Moments later, the video shows him returning with a gun, pointing it at Wilson as two children watched nearby and another customer attempted to intervene.
“He wasn’t a man when he had that gun,” Wilson said. “He slapped me in the head with it, choked me out.”
Wilson said he recognized the man and had cut his hair “many times before.” He added that the customer was wearing a county uniform during the confrontation.
“I did not think he was going to come around here and come back,” Wilson said. “I thought we might have fisticuffs … but I didn’t think he was going to come back with a firearm. I told him, man, have a good day.”
Despite the attack, Wilson said he does not plan to leave the community where he opened his business five years ago.
“This is a safe place for anybody,” he said.
Wilson said he hopes to move forward, even as he continues to process what happened.
“I don’t hold no grudges,” he said. “I can’t say I can forgive him. But I hope the best for you, homie. Have a good day and have a good life.”