The three Miami-Dade police detectives who pulled up behind Alexis Suarez after he had parked in front of his home last week, blocking his car in, were not wearing uniforms nor did they appear to be wearing badges around their necks, according to sources familiar with the incident.

And they were not driving a marked patrol car as they hopped out with their guns drawn, driving instead a black pick-up truck that did not look anything remotely like a police car.

Police say Suarez, a security guard with a concealed weapons permit, pulled out his own gun, which is when they shot him dead.