HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - After several hours in an apartment, a barricaded subject in Hialeah surrendered to police.
7SkyForce hovered over the scene just north of 103rd Street, west of the Palmetto Expressway, Monday morning.
The SWAT team responded to the apartment building after reports of an individual who refused to exit a second-floor unit.
According to officials, they were looking for the suspect in a killing that took place on Saturday night at a Citgo gas station close to the apartment.
Cellphone video showed the man who was shot at a gas station and later died at the hospital.
Barbaro Hernandez said the man killed was his boss at the gas station car wash.
“If I would’ve been there next to him, I could’ve probably avoided all that,” he said.
Hernandez said he didn’t see what happened or who did the shooting. His boss, Orestes Betancourt, was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Then on Monday, police got information that led to Hialeah Club Villas Condos on the 2100 block of West 60th Street, where they started clearing the building.
“They said we all have to get out,” said a resident.
The SWAT team moved in with weapons drawn, their focus was on the second-floor apartment where officers waited for hours.
At around noon, police reported that the suspect had surrendered.
Police said three people were listed as suspects and two have been detained.
It remains unclear if police found the third subject.
No injuries were reported.
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