SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A hit-and-run in a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood led to a shooting after, police said, the victim opened fire on the person who hit their car when they returned to the crash site.
Thirty-three-year-old Lázaro Hernández is currently in the hospital in connection to violent and chaotic chain of events.
According to Miami-Dade Police, the suspect was at the Village of Dadeland apartment complex, located off Southwest 82nd Court, when he hit a parked pickup truck and took off, Friday morning.
The police report details how the owner of the black pickup called 911, then went out to assess the damage.
Minutes later, the police report stated, “The defendant returned to the scene and began to drive towards the victim.
The report further states, The victim, in fear for his life, discharged his firearm at the defendant, striking him in the face.”
Detectives said Hernández drove off, but stopped off of Sunset Drive.
7News cameras captured the driver’s blood on the road, as well as a smeared handprint on the vehicle’s door.
Paramedics with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported Hernández to Jackson South Medical Center in stable condition.
Back on Sunset Drive, MDPD officers blocked the roadway while they investigated.
Back at the Village of Dadeland, Magnolia Hernández, the suspect’s ex-wife and mother of his three children, said she heard the shots being fired. She told 7News that the hospital called her and told to her that her ex-husband was in critical condition.
“He’s tubed up in the hospital fighting for life. That’s what the hospital just told me,” she said in Spanish.
She doesn’t know why her ex came to the complex in the first place, since he doesn’t live there.
Later on, Magnolia recorded cellphone video of the shooter standing next to the truck.
7News spoke with the shooter’s family, who identified him as Christian Hernandez and said, despite his last name, he is not related to the suspect.
In the video recorded by Magnolia, Christian said in Spanish that this was not his first encounter with the suspect. Christian said Hernández had threatened to hit him with a piece of concrete previously.
“All I heard was, like, him calling the cops and the gunshots,” said Sam Hernandez, Christian’s daughter.
Sam said she’s still in shock and doesn’t know exactly why this happened.
“My heart dropped,” she said.
Magnolia said she’s still shocked and sad for her children.
Detectives detained both Christian and Lázaro for questioning as they get to the bottom of what happened. Lázaro remains in the hospital, while Christian was detained at the police station.
No charges have been filed.
The black truck was later towed from the scene and was taken in for evidence.
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