Police: Man arrested after shooting at car with 2 children inside in Pembroke Pines

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A road rage incident led to gunfire in Broward County on Wednesday afternoon.

It happened just before 5:45 p.m. on Sheridan Street near the intersection of Pine Island Road in Pembroke Pines.

According to police, the victim was driving east on Sheridan Street when he cut off the suspect’s vehicle.

That’s when the suspect, identified as 33-year-old Joshua Alion Ter Louw-Heflin, opened fire on the victim’s vehicle, Pembroke Pines police said.

A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy witnessed the shooting and pulled over the suspect a short distance away, near the intersection of University Drive and Pembroke Road, according to police.

Pembroke Pines police officers arrived to arrest the suspect and take him to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail.

The victim, who also had two children in the car, pulled over after the shooting. Nobody in the car was injured by the gunfire, police said.

The suspect faces multiple charges, including aggravated assault, child neglect, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and discharging a firearm in public.


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