No Bond For Man Charged With Attempted Murder
HIALEAH (CBSMiami) -- A man wanted by police for nearly a year, charged with attempted murder, is in jail Saturday on no bond after being arrested earlier this week.
Authorities said Gerardo Martinez-Reygada had felony warrants out for his arrest and was eluding police but authorities got a tip after he tried to rent a U-Haul truck.
The search began early Thursday when Miami Police said Martinez-Reygada tried to rent the truck and the company found out he had warrants out for his arrest. They alerted the police. Police said he ditched his car at a gas station near NW 27th Avenue and 36th Street and took off on foot.
The U.S. Marshals task force was alerted and set up a perimeter with officers from Hialeah, Miami, Miami Beach and Coral Gables police departments. A SWAT team and K9s were also called in.
Melrose Elementary School, at 3050 NW 35th Street, and the nearby Department of Juvenile Justice were placed on a precautionary lockdown until the all clear was given.
Hialeah police said they've been looking for Martinez Reygada since last September when he allegedly tried to kill his girlfriend's ex-husband.
"He came into Hialeah, saw the guy sitting on his porch, emptied his pistol trying to kill the guy on his front porch, missed him but shot up a bunch of mobile homes," explained Hialeah Police spokesman Carl Zogby. "No one was hit, by the grace of God. He fled the scene he's been eluding us for a year."
After about two hours, police say a K9 found and bit Martinez-Reygada. Officers handcuffed him and took him to the hospital where he was later released and booked into jail.
In addition to attempted murder, the U.S. Marshals said Martinez-Reygada was wanted for grand theft and burglary in Miami-Dade County and a probation violation in Collier County.
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