Kendall homeowner shoots and kills man who broke through his front door, police say
.jpeg "Miami-Dade police responded to a home in the 10640 block of Southwest 73rd Terrace in Kendall at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. A homeowner shot an intruder, who died at a local hospital. Police were still investigating the scene Friday afternoon.")
A Kendall homeowner shot and killed a man who broke into his home Friday morning in an violent invasion that rattled the normally peaceful neighborhood.
“A man came to the residence, started banging on the front door and eventually forced, and broke, the front door and got in and the homeowner shot the subject,” Miami-Dade Police spokesman Argemis Colome told the Miami Herald.
He said the intruder, after being shot inside the home, was taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital where he died.
Police, who responded to the home in the 10640 block of Southwest 73rd Terrace at 8:30 a.m. Friday, were interviewing the homeowner on Friday but no charges had been filed. They did not release names of the homeowner or the man they said had broken in. There was no immediate explanation of why he targeted the home.
Neighbors’ reactions
Giovanni Elguezabal, 44, said he lived in the mostly quiet Kendall community for over a year but said he was always on alert nonetheless after being in the middle of a Christmas Day shooting scare at Disney Springs in 2015. A fistfight at the Orlando attraction was misinterpreted as gunshots and led to panic at a crowded dining and entertainment complex.
“You always have to be cautious,” he said. “You always have to be aware of your surroundings.”
Elguezabal didn’t hear the shooting but was sorry a man had been killed. “Bad luck,” he said. “I wish he would have lived and learned.”
Guillermo Rivero, 64, who lives on a nearby street, said the community is involved and neighbors watch out for each other.
“Everyone has a camera and talks to each other about different things going on in the community,” he said. While he said it could happen in any neighborhood, it was also a reminder to take precautions.
“We just need to be a little bit more aware, like locking doors,” he said.
This is a breaking news story that will be updated when new information is available.
This story was originally published January 6, 2023 at 11:59 AM.
