NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have made an arrest in connection to a fatal shooting that claimed the life of a mother in Northwest Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade Police officials said 16-year-old James Wooden was taken into custody for his alleged involvement in the Dec. 26 homicide.
New surveillance video showed a pair of gunmen opening fire along Northwest 62nd Street, at around 1 a.m.
Thirty-one-year-old Dyenette Early, a mother of three, was shot as she sat outside of her Liberty City apartment with friends.
Police said she was not the intended target.
Rescue crews transported her to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center where she succumbed to her injuries.
Additional surveillance video showed the two suspects entering a convenience store before the shooting.
Officials said the person still at large was seen walking in first, wearing a black short sleeve shirt, blue jeans and a black beanie and gloves.
Wooden was charged with second-degree murder.
“It’s just so senseless that you have 16-year-olds out murdering people,” the victim’s aunt Daphne Early said.
On Wednesday morning, Wooden’s mother and grandmother appeared in court, although he did not. His first court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 5.
The teen will likely be tried as an adult.
The family of Early told 7News they are relieved that police made an arrest.
“I’m grateful that they caught him, and I pray to God that he gets the fullest extent of the law,” Early said.
“We just happy that they got him,” the victim’s cousin Patrice Boyd added. “We hope that he tell and get the other one off the streets.”
If Wooden doesn’t tell, the family is hoping a member of the public will.
“I’m praying and I’m asking the public,” Daphne said, “please, for the family, do this, and the kids, they asking everyday, ‘When are they gonna catch the person that killed my mom.’ You need to turn yourself in.”
If you have any information on this homicide, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000 reward.
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