DORAL, Fla. – A 22-year-old man with a criminal record wasn’t allowed to hold firearms when he went to a gun range, recorded himself firing one, and shared it on Instagram, according to police.
Melvyn Prado’s post on June 4 as “Melly3Real” was enough for a Miami-Dade detective to set out to find surveillance video at the Warrior Gun Range & Shop in Doral, according to an arrest warrant in the case.
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Surveillance video showed Prado buying two boxes of live ammunition at the gun range shop at 2105 NW 102 Pl., according to the arrest warrant issued on July 3.
Miami-Dade police officers arrested Prado on Sunday, and he remained at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday afternoon.
Prado’s criminal record as a minor includes burglaries and grand thefts from 2017 to 2019. On Monday, he was facing a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.