Second Suspect Warneric Buckner Arrested In El Mula Banquet Hall Shooting

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – There’s been a 2nd apprehension successful the wide shooting astatine the El Mula banquet hallway successful northwest Miami-Dade implicit the Memorial Day weekend.

Warneric Buckner, 20, is facing 3 counts of first-degree execution and 20 counts of attempted archetypal grade murder.

Desmond Owens, 26, Clayton Dillard III, 26, and Shaniqua Peterson, 32, were killed and astir 2 twelve others were wounded successful the May 30th shooting which happened extracurricular the hallway astatine 7630 NW 186 Street wherever a assemblage had gathered for a rap show.

Miami-Dade said the shooting was a coordinated attack that progressive 2 vehicles and astatine slightest 5 gunmen.

Armed individuals changeable into assemblage extracurricular NW Dade banquet hall. (Source: Miami-Dade Police)

Surveillance video of a achromatic Nissan Pathfinder shows three masked gunmen getting retired of the conveyance earlier opening occurrence connected the assemblage gathered outside. They are past seen moving backmost to the SUV and speeding away. The stolen SUV was recovered aboriginal successful a canal.

During questioning, Buckner admitted to being the idiosyncratic successful the beforehand rider spot of the SUV and being 1 of the 3 radical from the conveyance who fired into the crowd, according to his apprehension report. He reportedly told constabulary helium couldn’t retrieve however galore shots helium fired.

The archetypal idiosyncratic arrested successful transportation to the probe was 22-year-old Davonte Barnes, who besides faces 3 counts of first-degree execution and 20 counts of attempted murder. If convicted, helium faces the decease penalty.

Miami-Dade constabulary said Barnes confessed to gathering with the suspects earlier the shooting and being a look retired portion it took place.

WATCH: Surveillance Video Of El Mula Banquet Hall Shooting Suspects

Police don’t person arsenic overmuch accusation astir the 2nd vehicle, described arsenic a achromatic car with astatine slightest 2 radical inside.

“This is simply a despicable enactment of weapon violence. A cowardly act,” said Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez said astatine the time.

Police said they believed the wide shooting was targeted and apt connected to an ongoing rivalry betwixt 2 groups.

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A reward of up to $30,000 is being offered for accusation that leads to the apprehension and condemnation of those involved.