Two people found shot in a car near Bird Road gas station. Gunman was an ex, police say
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting of his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Southwest Miami-Dade, police said. The couple were taken to the hospital after they were found wounded inside a shot-up car near a gas station on Bird Road.
Jonathan Clemente, who works in security and is the woman’s ex-boyfriend, was arrested early Thursday in the shooting, according to Miami-Dade police.
It all started late Wednesday with a 911 call about someone shooting at a car outside of a home near Southwest 98th Avenue and 50th Street. But when officers arrived, no one was there.
Then another call came in, directing officers to a nearby Chevron gas station, less than two miles away, in the area of Bird Road and Southwest 107th Avenue. That’s where they found the injured couple inside the car.
Both were taken to Kendall Regional Medical Center, where they remain. The 30-year-old man, who was shot in the head, is in critical condition. The 23-year-old woman, who was shot in the chest, is in stable condition.
Clemente told detectives he had tracked the couple down at a home and shot them when they pulled up in their car, according to his arrest affidavit. He then drove off and at some point called 911 to say he was involved in the shooting, according to the affidavit.
He was booked Thursday into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he is being held without bond on two counts of attempted murder. Police say they recovered the semiautomatic handgun that was used in the shooting and that the woman identified Clemente as the person who shot her and the man.
Police are not releasing the victims’ names, citing Marsy’s Law, which allows victims to remain unidentified to the public.
Editor’s Note: This article was updated to reflect that the 30-year-old victim is still alive. Miami-Dade police had previously said he had died.
This story was originally published May 20, 2021 at 9:22 AM.
