CBS4 Exclusive: Possible Big Break In Triple Shooting & String Of Robberies
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Police from three agencies converged at an intersection in Homestead Tuesday, detaining two people, in what could turn out to be a massive break in a triple shooting and string of robberies.
A police source told CBS4 News these are developments in a high-profile case.
CBS4's Peter D'Oench alerted to the scene in homestead by a CBS4 viewer.
It's a striking police presence at the corner of Mowry Drive and SE 6th Avenue in Homestead. It's where more than a dozen officers and detectives from Homestead, Miami-Dade and Miami police met.
Two women were detained and questioned all afternoon before they were eventually taken away to the City of Miami Police Department headquarters.
Jose, who did not want to show all of his face, used his cellphone to capture the scene and one of the women.
"We were driving back from Publix and we were going back home and we saw cops with guns," he said.
A neighbor said police were very serious.
"Three people with pistol tell me to go inside the house and then I see the woman," the neighbor said. "What do I think? I think it is something terrible."
Jose thought they were drug dealers.
At the scene, a silver Chrysler was surrounded by yellow police tape. They eventually put evidence markers on it and towed it away.
Detectives are trying to determine if this is the same silver Chrysler that was seen leaving crime scenes after a string of armed robberies in Miami since early September.
On September 5, a male suspect was seen at a marathon gas station on SW 8th Street trying to use an ATM card. Two weekends ago, a female shooter was captured on surveillance tape firing at and wounding three people, even though they had given up their cellphones and wallets.
Jeydin Martinez and her two nephews were hit by bullets.
"She kept shooting. She didn't stop shooting until we got away. She fired about nine shots," she said. "She could have killed us. If she hadn't lowered her weapon, she would have killed us."
Police are hoping the car they have recovered and these women will lead them to solving the troubling cases.
Miami police – the lead agency – hope to have more to say very soon about the women they are questioning and the car they are looking at.
They are still asking for the public's help in the cases.
Anyone with information should call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
