Police officers arrested a man on Thursday who is accused of shooting a 25-year-old aspiring architect from Argentina during an armed robbery in Miami Beach.
Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, identified the man arrested in Miami Springs as Ranier Figueroa, 21, of Hialeah.
Miami Beach police officers arrested Ranier Figueroa on Thursday in Miami Springs.
Officers arrested Figueroa at the Extended Stay America Suites, at 101 Fairway Dr., where an armed robbery suspect died in a police-involved shooting on Monday after a detective was shot.
Miami-Dade Detective Cesar “Echy” Echaverry was shot on Monday night and died on Wednesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was 29.
Officers arrested Ranier Figueroa on Thursday at the Extended Stay America Suites, at 101 Fairway Dr., in Miami Springs.
Figueroa is accused of walking up to his two victims at about 4:35 a.m., on July 21, in front of an apartment building, near the intersection of Michigan Court and Eighth Street in South Beach. Figueroa asked them for money and then pulled out a gun to rob them, police said.
Figueroa shot one of the victims in the torso, ran away, and fled in a black car, police said. Miami Beach detectives were able to link the car’s license plate to Figueroa.
The victim’s father said his son had just moved from Argentina to Miami Beach and he was in a coma at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
Figueroa, who has a criminal record, is facing charges of attempted murder and two counts of armed robbery. He is being held without bond.
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Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, identified the man arrested in Miami Springs as Ranier Figueroa, 21, of Hialeah.
Miami Beach police officers arrested Ranier Figueroa on Thursday in Miami Springs.
Officers arrested Figueroa at the Extended Stay America Suites, at 101 Fairway Dr., where an armed robbery suspect died in a police-involved shooting on Monday after a detective was shot.
Miami-Dade Detective Cesar “Echy” Echaverry was shot on Monday night and died on Wednesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was 29.
Officers arrested Ranier Figueroa on Thursday at the Extended Stay America Suites, at 101 Fairway Dr., in Miami Springs.
Figueroa is accused of walking up to his two victims at about 4:35 a.m., on July 21, in front of an apartment building, near the intersection of Michigan Court and Eighth Street in South Beach. Figueroa asked them for money and then pulled out a gun to rob them, police said.
Figueroa shot one of the victims in the torso, ran away, and fled in a black car, police said. Miami Beach detectives were able to link the car’s license plate to Figueroa.
The victim’s father said his son had just moved from Argentina to Miami Beach and he was in a coma at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
Figueroa, who has a criminal record, is facing charges of attempted murder and two counts of armed robbery. He is being held without bond.
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