An 18-year-old guy faces a second-degree murder charge after shooting a man found near a Days Inn in Florida City on Thursday.
Later that day, Kendy Javier Torres Figueras was arrested and put into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Miami-Dade Police took over the investigation from the Florida City Police.
At 7:41 a.m., Florida City cops got a gunshot detection warning near Palm Drive and US 1. The man was discovered lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound and died at Ryder Trauma Center in Jackson South.
According to authorities, the victim was the occupant of a Ford F0159 truck traveling westbound on Southwest 344th Street.
According to the arrest report, Figueras was the sole occupant of a 1994 Toyota Corolla when they came to a stop next to each other owing to traffic.
“The defendant then arms himself with a firearm and displays it towards the victim,” according to the arrest report. “The victim then exits the vehicle and stated to the defendant to stop me when the defendant discharged his firearm at the victim striking him multiple times in the torso.”
The suspect then escaped west on Southwest 344th Street, according to police.
The event was caught on surveillance video.
The driver and front passenger of the truck positively identified the suspect as their nephew and cooperated with the investigation.
Reference: Teen arrested in shooting death of man in Florida City