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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 53-year-old antheral stands accused Thursday of being progressive successful an ambush that ended with a shooting astatine a parking store successful Miami-Dade County, records show.
According to a constabulary apprehension study successful the case, Aleh Burkin, a begetter who lives successful Sunny Isles Beach, admitted to driving his achromatic Lexus to the transgression country aft surveillance video confirmed it.
A unfortunate identified Burkin arsenic portion of a radical of astir six men from Lithuania and Ukraine who ambushed him and attacked him successful North Miami Beach, according to police.
“The unfortunate believed helium was being followed and targeted for revenge,” a detective wrote, according to the report.
At astir 6:20 p.m., connected March 26, the attackers got retired of the Lexus and a achromatic Mercedes-Benz connected the sixth level of the parking store astatine Lazul, an flat analyzable astatine 2145 NE 164 St., according to the report.
First, a antheral punched the unfortunate and the Lithuanian who was driving the Mercedes-Benz struck the victim’s companion successful the limb with a metallic baton earlier a gunman started shooting, according to the report.
The attackers fled aft the companion of the unfortunate who believed helium was the people of the onslaught was shot, according to police. Fire rescue unit took the antheral wounded to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital and helium recovered, constabulary said.
On Tuesday, Sunny Isles constabulary officers spotted the Lexus, ordered Burkin to halt astatine Collins Avenue and 172 Street, detained him, and took him to the North Miami Beach Police Department, records show.
During questioning, Burkin denied being a portion of the attack, constabulary said. A detective arrested him and Miami-Dade correctional deputies booked him astatine astir 1:50 a.m., connected Wednesday astatine the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, records show.
Burkin faced a complaint of attempted execution with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
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