Homeowner shot at police while they were serving warrant in Miami neighborhood
MIAMI - A Miami police detective came under fire while a SWAT team was serving a search warrant early Thursday morning.
"This morning just after 2 a.m. we had detectives from our Tactical Robbery Unit and Tactical Investigations Unit set up on a perimeter around a house where a wanted suspect was believed to hiding in the 1400 block of NW 70th Street," said Miami Assistant Chief of Police Armando Aguilar.
He said a SWAT team was there as well to execute a search warrant and an arrest warrant.
Aguilar said Joven Algudin, 40, is wanted on 12 felony cases that occurred between December of last year and July of this year. He added that Algudin is a 16-time convicted felon who has been arrested 64 times on felony charges and 32 times on misdemeanor charges.
The felonies he's currently wanted for include eight burglaries, two grand theft auto cases, and an armed robbery.
"This morning as the SWAT team was executing the search warrant, one of the homeowners of an adjacent property exited the property and discharged several rounds from a firearm at one of our detectives. The detective fired back," said Aguilar.
Thankfully, neither were injured.
Aguilar said the homeowner then suffered a medical episode. Video shows him handcuffed to a gurney as he wheeled to a waiting ambulance. From there he was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
"We don't expect any criminal charges on the homeowner," Aguilar said.
"We don't know why he opened fire," he added. "We don't know if it was a case of mistaken identification or what the intent was. But right now we do not believe there is enough evidence to believe this merits criminal charges against the homeowner."
Miami police Officer Mike Vega told CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench that it was not known how long the homeowner would be at the hospital.
Algudin, who had barricaded himself inside a room, refused to come out of the home for about 30 minutes. He eventually did surrender and he was arrested without incident.
New information released by Miami Police revealed that Algudin may be tied to as many as 15 commercial burglaries in the city.
