SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested two people in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a Halloween party at a Southwest Miami-Dade home.
Miami-Dade Police arrested 17-year-old Josue Cao and 18-year-old Matthew Hernandez in connection to the shooting death of Angel Cueli, Tuesday.
Cueli was shot Saturday night at a house party in Southwest Miami-Dade. Detectives said someone went up to the house, shot a gun multiple times towards party-goers and then ran and got into a getaway car.
Cueli was transported to the hospital where he later died.
The words are hard to find for a family still grieving the teenager’s death.
“For me, it’s the toughest experience I have in my life,” Francisco Cueli, Angel’s grandfather, said. “That is good, but that does not return my grandchildren to me.”
Cao has been charged with second-degree murder, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and tampering with an electronic device while Hernandez faces charges of second-degree murder and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
7News tried speaking to Cao’s family, but they did not want to talk.
“It’s good that people was arrested, but the thing is not happen to another person,” Cueli said. “Like I told you, I hope that nobody have this experience anymore.”
Although people have been arrested, Cueli said the arrests do not bring back his grandchild.
“Like his name, he was an angel,” he said. “Good grandchild. Good student. Excellent son.”
7News cameras captured Hernandez walking into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He is being held without bond.
Police continue to investigate the shooting and said more arrests may be made.
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