Miami police have identified the man accused of killing two homeless people and injuring two others in an unprovoked attack

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.

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.

Police officers identified a man accused of attacking a group of homeless people, killing two and injuring two others in Miami.

A suspect was in custody after an unprovoked attack on homeless people in downtown Miami left two dead and two others hospitalized Thursday morning, authorities said.

While we treat homeless individuals with compassion ... it is illegal in Miami Beach to live on our streets,” Mayor Steven Meiner said in a recent social-media post.

The man is accused of attacking four people experiencing homelessness in Downtown Miami early Thursday morning, killing two of them.

A 36 year-old Manhattan man was arrested in Miami Thursday morning for allegedly beating two homeless people to death and injuring two others in what police called a case of “unprovoked violence.” Brenton Clarke allegedly launched his bloody rampage at around 6 p.

Brenton Clarke, from Inwood, New York, is facing murder and attempted murder charges.