A man is facing charges after he allegedly shot a 61-year-old woman during a road-rage incident in Kendall on Tuesday, police said.
A man is facing charges after he allegedly shot a 61-year-old woman during a road-rage incident in Kendall on Tuesday, police said.
Javiel Polo, 29, is facing a charge of attempted second-degree murder after he allegedly got off of his motorcycle to fight with the woman and shot her in the leg.
It happened at around 1:30 p.m. in the area of 137th Avenue and Southwest 88th Street, according to an arrest report for Polo.
The arrest report does not describe what led to the altercation, but Polo allegedly "approached the victim's vehicle from the driver side, produced a firearm, and pointed the firearm towards the victim, while engaging in a dispute."
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Then he reholstered his gun and left his motorcycle parked in the middle of the road, police said.
Things escalated when both Polo and the victim exited their vehicles to argue in the street, the arrest report said.
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That's when Polo allegedly fired a single shot that hit the woman in the upper right leg.
When officers got there, they arrested Polo and the victim was taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in stable condition, police said.
Authorities said they found a gun in his front waistband, one spent casing on the road and a car struck by gunfire.
"Witnesses on scene advised that the victim was unarmed during the incident," the arrest report said. "Video of the encounter also corroborates witnesses accounts that the victim was unarmed."
The report went on to describe the victim as a small-framed elderly woman, and the defendant as a large-framed young man.
Polo appeared before a judge on Wednesday, who denied him bond while appointing him a public defender.
