Miami police arrest, charge brother of gunman in deadly Allapattah shooting
The brother of a man who died during an hours-long standoff with Miami police has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident, authorities confirmed Friday.
Alan Henry Triana, 38, was taken into custody Thursday evening around 6 p.m. and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Jail records show he faces multiple charges, including harassing a witness in a capital felony case, tampering with evidence, possession of armor-piercing ammunition, improper exhibition of a firearm, and resisting an officer without violence.
Triana's bond was set at $2,500 for each of the lesser charges, while the most serious count — harassing a witness or victim in a capital felony — remains pending a bond hearing.
Affidavit reveals what happened after the Allapattah shooting
According to Alan Triana's arrest affidavit, Miami police conducted a search warrant just after 6 p.m. Thursday at a body shop in the 2300 block of NW 27th Ave in connection to the shooting. That body shop is where Alan Triana works – police searched the body shop after it was determined that he was involved in a shooting with his brother, Mason Triana, before police arrived at the home.
Alan Triana told police that he passed by the home on Northwest 15th Avenue when he saw his father's vehicle outside his brother's house, according to the affidavit. When he parked his car, he said his brother began cursing at him, asking him what he was doing there. Mason Triana then pulled out a gun from his waistband and began shooting at his direction.
Police were looking for firearms in the shop in connection to the shooting. The arrest affidavit acquired by CBS News Miami was heavily redacted and the timeline of events isn't fully clear.
According to the affidavit, Alan Triana told police that his employees are loyal to him and wouldn't talk to police without his permission. He then said that one of his employees knew where the rifle was because he took it during his lunch break. He refused to give police the location.
Once police got a hold of that employee, they heard Alan Triana in the background say to not cooperate and not disclose where the rifle was, according to the affidavit. After police told them that not cooperating is a crime, Alan Triana asked for the officers' name, then screamed over the phone: "You are not getting the [f******] gun, I know many of the high ranking officials in your department, and you will be fired by tomorrow," then he proceeded to provide multiple names of Miami PD employees.
Another body shop employee then told police that he was willing to guide them to the location of the firearm. Around 6:30 p.m., when officers were talking to that employee, they said they heard a scream from behind them saying: "I've got your [f******] gun." When the officers turned around, there was Alan Triana holding a white bag with a rifle sticking out of it.
Police told Alan Triana to drop the weapon. According to the affidavit, he cooperated but while he was lying down and police attempted to handcuff him, he pulled his hands away. After a "brief scuffle" police said he was arrested without incident.
While police were still at the home, officers spoke to Samantha Barrio, a cousin of the Triana brothers. She said she was at her grandmother's house with Alan Triana when she heard him speaking to police on the phone. After that phone call, he asked her to take him to the body shop, the affidavit said.
At around 11:30 p.m., police executed a search warrant at the house, where they found multiple weapons, including an AR-style pistol that was loaded with multiple green tip armor-piercing live ammunition. Alan Triana was then arrested.
Miami officers recovering after surgery
The charges stem from Thursday morning's violent encounter in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood, where Alan Triana's brother, 27-year-old Mason Triana, was killed after shooting two police officers and barricading himself inside a home for several hours.
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said the incident began shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday, when officers responded to a ShotSpotter gunfire alert near Northwest 15th Avenue and 26th Street. A gun battle erupted shortly after, leaving two officers wounded — a male sergeant shot in the knee and a female officer hit in the ankle.
Both were rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital for surgery. The female officer was released later that day, while the male sergeant remained hospitalized Friday and is expected to stay through the weekend.
A third police officer was also injured, with several broken fingers.
Standoff ends with suspect dead
Tactical units surrounded the home as negotiations stretched for hours.
Morales said Mason Triana fired at officers using a high-caliber rifle before being found dead inside. Authorities have not said whether he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound or return fire.
Family members were brought to the scene in an effort to persuade him to surrender, sources told CBS News Miami. A second person was detained at the scene — now confirmed to be Alan Triana — whose arrest followed later that day.
The case remains under investigation.