A 66-year-old Cuban identified as Just Jorge Arrate Rodriguez He was arrested on Tuesday after wounding his 17-year-old neighbor with two gunshots after a double attempt when a vehicle was parked in front of the aggressor’s home.
Hialeah Police responded to the area of 5166 East 8th Lane around 7:00 pm on January 30 for a report of a shooting. When the agents arrived they found an armed man to whom they gave orders to lower his weapon, which he did without incident, according to what was revealed. America Camel.
The investigation revealed that Arrate and the victim were involved in a verbal dispute, after the young man’s sister was allegedly disrespected by the accused during an argument involving the elderly man and the victim’s father.
The altercation escalated to such a point that the man pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and shot the 18-year-old, who was unarmed, in the chest and arm.
At that moment, the injured man’s sister ran to help him and the accused allegedly pointed the gun at her in a threatening manner, which made her fear for her life and she sought cover behind a car, according to the arrest report cited by the local press. .
“In our family there is no one problematic and my nephew is a calm boy, he is just young, like every teenager. He shot to kill. I think he must be stuck, that type of person on the street, no… Zero street,” he said in statements to Telemundo 51 the victim’s uncle, Juglar Álvarez.
According to the testimony of the neighbors to the aforementioned media, it is a space in front of Arrate’s home that he dislikes being blocked by vehicles because his wife depends on the help of a device.or doctor to walk and it represents a problem when opening the fence gate.
The injured young man – whose identity has not been revealed – was initially admitted to the Hialeah hospital, from where he was transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The victim’s mother Yania Dominguezspoke in court asking that Arrate not be granted bail.
“Please don’t give him bail, no one has the right to shoot a minor just for a parking lot.”Dominguez said.
The injured young man is in the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Hospital, recovering from a gunshot wound to the lung and another to the right arm.
Justo Jorge Arrate Rodríguez faces charges of attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm. The accused was not granted bail.
