Crime

Miami-Dade cops handcuff man after SWAT throws flash bang into house. Two detained

Miami-Dade police officers detained two men Tuesday morning during separate raids on two Homestead-area homes by heavily armed tactical teams in connection with a February shooting investigation.

One of the warrants was served around 7:30 a.m. near Southwest 131st Court and 262nd Lane in the Meadow Wood Manor subdivision of Princeton.

Minutes after a flash-bang grenade was heard, the Miami Herald observed police escorting a handcuffed man from the house wearing a white T-shirt and shorts.

A woman came out of the house around the same time the man did. Police sat her down in the driveway and gave her a blanket.

The Miami Herald spotted a Miami-Dade SWAT team near Southwest 131st Court and 262nd Lane on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
The Miami Herald spotted a Miami-Dade SWAT team near Southwest 131st Court and 262nd Lane on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. David Goodhue dgoodhue@flkeysnews.com

According to police, the warrant was one of two served Tuesday morning related to a Feb. 17 drive-by shooting in the 11300 block of Southwest 190th Lane, where officers found a man wounded by gunfire. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported him to Jackson South Medical Center in stable condition, said Detective A.C. Colome, a police department spokesman.

The raid on the Meadow Wood Manor home and another warrant Special Response Team officers served on a house at 12934 SW 252nd Terrace, where another man was taken into custody, are connected to that shooting, Colome said.

Police did not release the names of the men Tuesday because “detectives are still working the case,” Colome said.

A neighbor, who asked not to be named, said he’s lived in Meadow Wood Manor for about 14 years. The man arrested was the adult son of the woman who owns the house, according to the neighbor, adding that he’s never seen any trouble coming from the home.

“They’re nice people, and he’s a nice guy. Just the type that doesn’t seem to do anything,” the neighbor said.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

This story was originally published March 12, 2024 at 8:19 AM.

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald
Omar is a bilingual and bicultural journalist, covering breaking news in South Florida for the Miami Herald. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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