DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have taken a subject into custody who had barricaded himself after an armed standoff inside a Doral apartment complex located near the Trump National Doral.
Doral Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units were called to the scene at the complex along the 3400 block of Northwest 85th Court, just before 9 p.m., Monday.
According to police, 34-year-old Sergio Van-Kanten called 911 and made a false claim that six men were breaking into his sixth floor apartment.
Upon their arrival, police said the officers heard gunshots but were not sure whether or not the gunfire was directed at the officers.
After the shots were heard, the officers kicked the door down and more shots followed. Police said the shots were aimed at the door.
A special response team and crisis negotiator were called to assist at the scene.
Carol Ramos lives on the sixth floor of the building a few doors down of where the shots were heard.
“There was some shootings, and I was with my son, and I said, ‘That sounded like a shooting,'” Ramos said, “so a couple of minutes after, all the police officers arrived, and then I looked outside my hallway. I live on the sixth floor. Then, there was a lot of police officers, and they yelled at me. They told me, ‘Get inside!’ They were in an apartment like four apartments next to mine, and it seems like they’re negotiating with the guy.”
Doral Police spokesperson Rey Valdes said the special response team initiated contact with the subject, and police evacuated the sixth floor.
“We are engaging him in communications at this point,” Valdes said. “We are talking, so there is a dialogue going on, and that’s all I can tell you.”
Miami-Dade Police also arrived on the scene and assisted Doral Police.
Van-Kanten was taken into custody just before 11 p.m., Monday.
As he was being questioned by investigators, police said he admitted to another crime that involved him firing a gun at a marked Doral Police cruiser back in April.
Van-Kanten was charged with three counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm in public.
No injuries were reported.
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