Nicolas Valdez, 52, has been arrested for shooting his wife and stepdaughter just before 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Wendy Valdez, 37, and Yabesis Abad, 15, remain listed in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Both victims receiving multiple gunshot wounds. According to law enforcement officials, two other children, aged five and ten years old, were inside the Valdez home, but were not hurt during the shooting. Valdez is apparently the father of both of the younger children.
Valdez surrendered to police officers outside his home and was taken into custody. He has been charged with two counts of attempted murder for shooting his family members. Although Valdez has declined to speak with investigators, police believe that Valdez opened fire because his wife and stepdaughter were teasing him or making fun of him.
Valdez is originally from the Dominican Republic. This shooting marks another in a series of domestic shooting incidents in Miami-Dade County over the past two month, which have left several people dead and others critically wounded.
On February 25, a man shot his wife and both of their daughters to death in their home in Miami. Another man, George Sheppard, shot a female victim at a store in Florida City before taking his own life. The woman survived the shooting. Also in March, Guillermo Lopez crashed a birthday party in Miami to shoot his estranged wife, as well as other partygoers. Four people died as a result of the shooting.
Lopez took his own life before investigators caught up with him. Last week, the Miami-Dade area saw two notable domestic shootings. The first was by a prominent member of the community, David Waud, who was the president of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce before shooting his wife. The second took place in West Kendall, where three adults were killed in a domestic incident.
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Valdez surrendered to police officers outside his home and was taken into custody. He has been charged with two counts of attempted murder for shooting his family members. Although Valdez has declined to speak with investigators, police believe that Valdez opened fire because his wife and stepdaughter were teasing him or making fun of him.
Valdez is originally from the Dominican Republic. This shooting marks another in a series of domestic shooting incidents in Miami-Dade County over the past two month, which have left several people dead and others critically wounded.
On February 25, a man shot his wife and both of their daughters to death in their home in Miami. Another man, George Sheppard, shot a female victim at a store in Florida City before taking his own life. The woman survived the shooting. Also in March, Guillermo Lopez crashed a birthday party in Miami to shoot his estranged wife, as well as other partygoers. Four people died as a result of the shooting.
Lopez took his own life before investigators caught up with him. Last week, the Miami-Dade area saw two notable domestic shootings. The first was by a prominent member of the community, David Waud, who was the president of the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce before shooting his wife. The second took place in West Kendall, where three adults were killed in a domestic incident.
Read more here.
