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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Police Department has announced the apprehension of a suspected serial killer.
At a property league Thursday evening, Interim Police Chief Manuel Morales, joined by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, identified the antheral arsenic 25-year-old Willy Maceo Suarez.
This is the antheral Mayor Francis Suarez is liable for shooting 2 radical Tuesday, sidesplitting 1 successful Wynwood … constabulary judge he’s liable for different sidesplitting backmost successful October. He is Willy Maceo Suarez …#SerialKillerCaught @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/ietwbOzHwR
— Joel Waldman (@joelwaldmanNEWS) December 23, 2021
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According to Morales, the dots began to link connected Tuesday erstwhile a witnesser flagged down serviceman country 400 SW 2 Avenue astatine 8 p.m. astir a idiosyncratic suffering from blunt unit trauma to the head.
Further probe revealed the unfortunate was suffering from a gunshot wound. That unfortunate is successful utmost captious information astatine Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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Nearly 2 hours later, different unfortunate was recovered dormant from a gunshot coiled successful the country of Miami Avenue and 21 Street.
Morales said detectives connected the 2 incidents due to the fact that of the abbreviated clip span and the information some victims were homeless.
The department’s transgression investigations portion began scouring the country for carnal and physics evidence.
Video connected Miami Avenue captured a achromatic conveyance driving up to 1 of the victims, who was lying down connected ground, and shooting him respective times.
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Officers were capable to marque retired the benignant of conveyance and the tag fig from the surveillance video.
Tactical robbery units aboriginal made interaction with conveyance and the suspect, who was successful possession of firearm that matched the caliber utilized successful some crimes.
Morales said the department’s national partners helped matched the ballistics from the 2 incidents.
The fishy was past taken to the presumption for further investigation.
It was astatine the station, Morales said, that a pb researcher noticed the suspect’s lucifer to 1 wanted for a execution backmost connected October 16.
In that case, a stateless unfortunate was horrifically murdered successful the Miami Avenue and 1 Street.
Morales is pleading for the public’s assistance to assistance link the December 21 crimes with the 1 from October.
He besides asked that section instrumentality enforcement agencies stock immoderate crimes with similarities connected the disconnected accidental they’re besides connected.
Morales said Maceo Suarez volition beryllium charged with execution arsenic good arsenic attempted execution for the crimes committed Tuesday.
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CBSMiami.com Team
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