A man and two boys arrested as suspects in Miami carjacking and car vs. building
Before the crash, arrest reports say, Axel Padilla and his two teen teammates surprised a boyfriend and girlfriend in the back seat of a Hyundai Elantra parked at 1780 SW Fifth St. just before 2 a.m. The trio, all in ski masks, produced handguns and demanded the couple's possessions and the car.
While the victims talked with police, the arrest report said, the stolen Hyundai passed by about 100 feet away as it went south on Southwest 18th Avenue. Trailed by yells of 'That's my car!' officers ran to their cruisers to follow the Hyundai. They eventually found it, doors open like wings, crashed into the corner of an empty commercial building at Southwest 22nd Avenue and Fourth Street.
Padilla was found at 2211 SW Fifth St., the report said, along with the victims' wallets, a black hoodie seen on surveillance video of the carjacking and the crash-and-run and a Glock handgun. The teens were found in the backyard of 2260 SW Fourth St. with a blue hoodie with white flower designs seen on the aforementioned surveillance video and a black ski mask.
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