Suspect accused of shooting at MDPD officer had previous murder charge

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – New main points have been launched Tuesday about one of two 19-year-old suspects who have been accused of being fascinated with a shooting that injured a Miami-Dade police officer on Monday.

Correctional officials booked Travis Arratin Fernandez, of Miramar, and Drequan Humes, of Miami Gardens, on Tuesday morning at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, information display.

Police say Fernandez was once accused of firing the real shot that hit the officer as MDPD’s crime suppression staff zeroed in on a gaggle out of doors of a house close to Northwest 154th Street and twentieth Avenue round 10:30 a.m.

The police officer was once accomplishing surveillance, and reported Humes and 3 others have been armed with weapons in entrance of a space when a driving force pulled up and opened fireplace, information display.

A bullet bounced off the 29-year-old police officer’s bullet-proof vest and grazed him within the cheek, consistent with MDPD Director Stephanie Daniels.

Humes confessed to firing pictures at the police officer’s automobile, however Fernandez denied any involvement, consistent with the arrest stories within the case.

Local 10 News spoke with a girl who Humes referred to as “grandma” after she took him in as a tender foster kid.

She stated that she hadn’t noticed Humes since January and had “washed his hands of him” when requested about their present courting.

Local 10 News discovered Humes must by no means were at the shooting Monday or at the streets at all.

Court information display Humes was once convicted of murder when he was once 16 years previous and was once sentenced a couple of days after Christmas to greater than 9 years in jail, however was once given a possibility for boot camp, the place a pass judgement on gave him a possibility to straighten up his existence.

Humes was once set to give up at the boot camp at the start of March however didn’t display and was once later booked into a prison in Fulton County, Georgia.

Local 10 News additionally discovered that Monday’s incident was once one of repeatedly Humes has had previous run-ins with the legislation.

WSBTV reported that Humas crashed a stolen automobile crash and escaped as a sought after fugitive.

Humes stayed out of the news for 8 months till he was once one of the younger males with weapons at the scene of a police shooting in Miami Gardens on Monday.

Both males gave the impression in a Miami-Dade court Tuesday, the place they have been held with out bond.