By james art 
A man armed with a machete was killed in what police are calling a self-defense shooting in Hialeah early Saturday.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. in the area of W 2nd Avenue and 29th Street.
According to authorities, 36-year-old Michel Lope Montes de Oca called a mobile tire repair shop to fix his car and got into an argument with a mechanic who showed up and began working on his vehicle.
The customer became upset when he checked the tire that was installed on his car and found it was a used tire, police said.
Montes de Oca “began to verbally threaten the mobile mechanic and at one point armed himself with a machete and began charging at the mobile mechanic with a machete in hand,” according to authorities.
Police said the mechanic, identified as 29-year-old Brandon Hurst, feared for his life, so he pulled out a gun and shot Montes de Oca.
Police said they found Montes de Oca dead at the scene and took Hurst into custody.
“Based on information received by detectives, it was determined that this was a justifiable shooting in self-defense,” Hialeah police said.
NBC6 is working to learn more about this deadly shooting.