HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - Surveillance video captured the moment a woman was robbed and beaten outside of a hair salon in Hialeah, an attack that led to the arrests of a mother and son.
The security footage captured the moment a masked assailant grabbed a suitcase that the victim was placing in the rear of her SUV in the parking lot of a shopping plaza along the 7700 block of West 28th Avenue, Sept. 16.
The video goes on to show the perpetrator repeatedly pistol-whipping the woman.
Investigators said the suitcase that was taken was filled with jewelry.
Detectives said carried out the attack that left the victim bleeding and bruised.
“It was very violent,” said the victim through a translator during an interview with 7News in early October. “He began hitting me and tried to take away my suitcase. He hit me several times. When he fired a shot, it all happened in seconds.”
The victim works at the beauty salon but also sells jewelry.
Police said the suspects’ getaway vehicle gave them away. The rental was traced back to 55-year-old Lourdes Diaz and her son, 24-year-old Julian Flores.
“This mother/son duo, for a month ahead of the crime, planned it, orchestrated it,” said Hialeah Police Officer Scarlett Hernandez.
Investigators said the victim came to know Diaz as a client.
“The mother was befriending the victim, asking her questions, ‘How much jewelry do you carry? How much does this cost? Can I see it?'” said Hernandez.
Once they had the information about the jewelry, police said, Diaz and Flores went on the attack.
The surveillance footage showed the victim as she loaded her inventory into her vehicle as a white SUV backed into the next parking spot.
Moments later, the suspect, seen wearing a ski mask, sneaked up with a gun, grabbing at the suitcase and striking the woman over and over again.
As the two struggled, the victim fell to the ground, and the suspect fired a single shot before he pulled away with the suitcase and hopped into the white SUV.
Both suspects face charges of armed robbery with a deadly weapon.
Hialeah Police said they were able to recover about $800,000 in stolen jewelry.
Detectives said Diaz and Flores are from Naples. They remain behind bars in separate jails in West Miami-Dade as they await their next court appearance.
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