SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A string of armed carjackings and robberies across Southwest Miami-Dade sent several people to the hospital and led deputies to take one person into custody, authorities said.
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the violent chain of events began when deputies found a man beaten and stabbed near a Papa Johns at the intersection of Southwest 67th Avenue and 40th Street, at around 8:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Detectives said the man’s car was stolen by his attacker.
Paramedics transported the victim to an area hospital in critical condition.
A short while later, investigators said, deputies responded to a 7-Eleven near Southwest 137th Avenue and 56th Street, as well as a gas station near Southwest 157th Avenue and 88th Street.
Surveillance video obtained exclusively by 7News shows a man covered in blood and holding his neck as he walks inside the 7-Eleven begging for help, just moments after he was attacked.
Rescue crews transported the victims in both of these incidents to the hospital. Fortunately, they are expected to be OK.
As they intensified their search for the person responsible, deputies ended up at a shopping center near Southwest 152nd Avenue and 72nd Street. It was there where, detectives said, they found one of the stolen cars, as well as a man who matched the description of the person they were looking for.
After a brief pursuit on foot, the subject ended up in handcuffs.
Authorities later identified that subject as 33-year-old Alejandro Martinez.
Detectives at this scene were seen collecting evidence as two cars were towed away.
Martinez faces a slew of charges, including attempted murder and armed robbery carjacking. MDSO also said Martinez faces domestic violence charges for a separate incident as well.
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