HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - A man looking to rob a person at gunpoint shot a man in possession of drugs, Monday, outside of a Hialeah apartment.
According to Hialeah Police, the incident began at 10:30 a.m. Fifty-year-old Angel Garcia was inside his apartment at 5015 Palm Ave. when 48-year-old Joel Figueroa arrived and attempted to rob Garcia at gunpoint.
Police said Garcia was shot once in the stomach and airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center.
Garcia has since been released after suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
Figueroa was immediately taken into custody by Hialeah Police and has been given four charges, including home invasion robbery with a firearm.
The 48-year-old is a convicted felon, police said, with 12 prior arrests, which include grand theft, cocaine trafficking and armed burglary.
This shooting was reported earlier as an accidental shooting. However, now both men are in custody. It turns out officials discovered 75 grams of cocaine in Garcia’s apartment, a trafficking amount, following a search by investigators.
Garcia has a history of two cocaine possession arrests and a credit card fraud arrest.
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