Police: Man arrested after shooting driver who was taking a family to PortMiami

Man faces charges over Collins Avenue shooting in Miami Beach

Jeison Perez Machado was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday accused of shooting at a driver in Miami Beach, records show. (MDCR and Google Street View)

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A 38-year-old man stands accused of shooting and wounding a driver who was taking a family, who was going on a cruise, to PortMiami, according to police.

Jeison Perez Machado, who was born in Cuba and lives in Miami Beach, was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday, records show.

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Witnesses accused Perez Machado of driving a white pickup truck along Collins Avenue when he used a gun to shoot the driver in the left arm on Saturday morning, records show.

The shooting was near 53 Street, and a police officer arrested Perez Machado near 69 Street and Collins Avenue, according to the Miami Beach police arrest report.

Perez Machado was facing charges of shooting a deadly missile, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, and aggravated battery with bodily harm. A judge set his bond at $25,000.

Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.


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