MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Miami-Dade Police Department’s Special Response Team executed warrants Tuesday morning at two homes for suspects believed to be involved in a drive-by shooting last month.
Detective Argemis Colome confirmed that two people were taken into custody.
He said the warrants were served at a home in the 12900 block of Southwest 252nd Terrace and at a second home in the 26300 block of Southwest 131st Court.
According to Colome, the drive-by shooting was reported at 10:38 p.m. Feb. 17 in the 11300 block Southwest 190th Lane.
He said officers arrived at the scene to find a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crew transported him to Jackson South Medical Center in stable condition.
A woman named Julie Ricano identified the victim to Local 10 News as her grandson’s father, Manny. She declined to give his last name.
She said Manny was outside a home on 190th Lane when the shooting occurred. She was inside.
According to Ricano, Manny is doing fine, but doctors told him he will always have bullet fragments in his skull and scalp.
Pedro Gonzalez was there when Miami-Dade police executed a warrant the warrants pertaining to the February shooting.
“Before I opened the door, they (police officers) opened the door for me — looking inside the efficiency looking for gun and stuff,” he said.
Gonzalez told Local 10 News that a man living in a rented an efficiency behind his South Miami-Dade trailer had been arrested.
The arrests have left Ricano with a feeling of relief as she showed Local 10 News her bullet-riddled home.
“I am just glad I will sleep better tonight,” she said.
Colome said detectives discovered that the suspects and victim were known to each other.
Further details about the motive behind the shooting and the suspects’ identities have not yet been released.