Miami-Dade police are searching for two people who forced their way into an apartment to rob and shot a man who was in the home several times, leaving him seriously injured.
The shooting took place shortly after 3:40 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment at 740 Northwest 95th Street.
Police said that before fleeing the building - in which elderly and "disabled" adults reside -The robbers took several of the victim's personal items, including abulldog Englishman named Cleo.
When they arrived at the scene, authorities found a seriously injured man who was immediately taken to the hospital.Ryder Trauma Center of theJackson Memorial Hospital, whereis in critical condition.
Investigators spent several hours in the building interviewing residents, who are concerned about safety.
Neighbors said in statements to the local press that they were surprised that the shooting occurred in what they describe as a “quiet area.”
“There has never been anything like this here, it is the first time it has happened here. He is always at home and I only see him when I go out and about. "He is a normal person, I have always seen him alone, who goes out and comes in there," he said in statements to America Camel a neighbor who asked not to be identified.
“Whoever enters there, enters ready for anything, is a danger to everyone. We have to investigate to clean the city of that,” added another resident of the property.
“Every day there are deaths, shootings and before Miami was not like that, 20 years ago it was calm, now everyone in Miami has a gun and for a ridiculous argument they shoot you,” said Edwin González, a resident of the area.
The victim has been identified as James Farrow, according to detailsLocal 10.
There is no description of the suspects. The police think that The victim possibly knew them, he opened the door to his house and that was when they attacked him to commit the robbery.
The case remains under investigation and anyone with information about the suspects is asked to contact the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers line at (305) 471-8477.
In another similar incident, a man and woman face charges of attempted murder and armed robbery after shooting a 31-year-old man in Hialeah last Thursday.
In that case, Thais Lemos Busqueriollo, 30, of Palmetto Bay; and Manuel Alejandro Vázquez, 35, of Pembroke Pines, went to the victim's house in search of objects that allegedly belonged to the woman.
When the victim left the house, the man accompanying Thais Lemos shot him, wounding him in the arm. They both fled before the police arrived. In that case, it was the injured victim who identified the attackers to the police, which facilitated the arrest of the suspects.
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