Police have identified the man arrested in the shooting of a woman caught on camera in Coral Springs, saying the act of violence was domestic-related.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Thursday near a busy shopping plaza along the 7600 block of West Sample Road.
Cell phone video obtained by NBC6 showed a man in an orange shirt get out of a landscaping company van and approach an SUV armed with a gun.
He’s seen pointing the gun at the SUV and firing a single gunshot before the video ends.
Coral Springs Police confirmed a woman was shot and taken to a local hospital in serious condition.
Authorities identified the suspect late Thursday as 49-year-old Abdul Perez. They confirmed that the shooting was domestic in nature, but did not describe how he and the victim know each other.
Perez is now charged with attempted premeditated murder, aggravated battery, possession of firearm or ammunition subject to injunction and tampering with evidence.
Surveillance video from a nearby business captured more of the shooting, and how people fled and screamed.
In the footage, at least five gunshots can be heard as a bystander on the sidewalk gets up and runs.
“I saw like one shot on the right side of her body,” one man who runs a business in the area said. “And then, when I take a picture close up to her car, I saw like three gunshots on the window.”
The cell phone video from the witness captured a man yelling: “No, no!”
Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed multiple officers in the area and behind the shopping plaza where the two vehicles could be seen next to each other up against a building.
“The Coral Springs Police Department would like to thank those individuals from the public that assisted investigators, as well as the dedicated men and women of the department whose thorough work led to a swift arrest,” police said.
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