Love triangle leads to woman shooting romantic rival at Miami Gardens home: cops
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A woman is behind bars Monday afternoon after police say she tried to kill a romantic rival outside a Miami Gardens home over a love triangle dispute.
Jahniya Imani Meda, 25, was arrested Saturday and faces an attempted murder charge. Just before 10 a.m., police were dispatched to Walt Frazer Park, 3201 NW 185th St, when a 911 caller reported that a woman had been shot — and was inside a silver Nissan Altima.
The woman, whose identity hasn’t been released, had two gunshot wounds — one in her back and another in her buttock, according to an arrest report. Miami Gardens Fire Rescue took her to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital.
An officer investigating the shooting found two spent shell casings on the front porch of 3001 NW 184th St., a home right across the street from the park, police say. The woman told investigators that she was driving when she saw her boyfriend’s car parked outside the residence.
The woman said she exited her car and knocked on the door, asking for her boyfriend to come outside, according to the report. When he didn’t open the door, the woman walked toward a side gate.
That’s when, police say, Meda opened the front door, stepped onto the porch and fired her gun twice toward the woman. Meda told her to “get [away] from my house.” The incident was captured on Ring camera footage, according to the report.
In an interview with detectives, Meda said the woman began banging on her door and saying she was going to “beat her a--.“ Meda added she opened the door when she saw the woman walking toward the side gate. Part of her statement was redacted in the report, but Meda acknowledged that she recognized the woman from a prior incident involving the woman’s boyfriend.
Following the shooting, the boyfriend, 26, fled the home in a Mercedes-Benz but was detained, per the report. He told police that he was inside Meda’s home in her bedroom and didn’t answer the door because it wasn’t his residence. The boyfriend, however, said he heard gunshots when Meda answered the door.
After applying for a search warrant, police obtained the firearm — a semiautomatic handgun — that they believe was used in the shooting.
Meda was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where she’s being held without bond.
