Police have released new video of a violent attack last month in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood.
Police have released new video of a violent attack last month in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood.
Bullets and Molotov cocktails were flying in the neighborhood near Northeast 14th Avenue and West Dixie Highway on the night of April 29.
The fiery attack doesn't make any sense to the woman who lives in the home seen in the video.
Ellna Petiot can count eight bullet holes. Police say at least 30 rounds of ammunition and Molotov cocktails were fired and launched at the home. Petiot's security cameras caught the crime from multiple angles, but the video did not show why the subjects did it.
"I'm very scared, I'm very scared," Petiot said. She added that she's now looking into moving out of this home she's lived in for a very long time.
The attack on three different homes, just blocks away from each other, was captured by home surveillance. It is still difficult to make out the suspects or the car involved.
Neighbors that night were woken up by an explosion and a round of gunfire. The blast, which looks like a flare in the home surveillance video is actually a Molotov cocktail.
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Residents told us they had no idea why they were targeted with at least 30 rounds of ammunition.
"Yeah I heard them but I didn't think my house was getting shot. I went back to sleep," Ronnie Walker said. "Yeah I thought it was random gunshots."
The video released by investigators shows an unidentified 4-door vehicle roll up on a street. A man jumps out of the vehicle and throws two Molotov cocktails over a fence, hitting the front door and an SUV.
Police said the same thing happened just minutes before near Northwest 7th Avenue and 143rd Street. The road there was left littered with shell casings.
At least 70 rounds and three Molotov cocktails were launched and while police responded to the scene, the house across the street suddenly burst into flames.
No one was home, but a dog and her puppies were rescued.
Police said the cases are similar and are looking into the possibility that they are the same subjects.
If you know anything about this crime, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
