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Miami Herald
28-07-2025
- Miami Herald
A man and two boys arrested as suspects in Miami carjacking and car vs. building
A 20-year-old and two 15-year-olds were arrested Sunday to end the Little Havana incident that included a Hyundai smashed into the corner of a 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.
CBS News
28-07-2025
- CBS News
Man, 2 teens charged in Miami carjacking early Sunday morning
Three people have been arrested in connection to an armed carjacking in Miami early Sunday morning, police said. Axel Padilla, 20, and two 15-year-olds have each been charged with armed robbery/carjacking. CBS News Miami is not publishing the names of the teens due to their age. The carjacking happened around 2 a.m. in the area SW 17 Avenue and SW 5 Street. According to police, a couple was sitting in the back seat of a Hyundai Elantra when they were approached by three masked gunmen. After forcibly opening both back doors, the masked males demanded the couple's belongings and keys to the car, according to the arrest report. Fearing for their lives the couple complied. The couple was then ordered out of the car, according to police, who said the gunmen then got in and drove off. While the couple was describing what happened to police officers, they spotted the car heading south on SW 18 Avenue at SW 5 Street. Police then followed the direction the car was headed and found that it had crashed into a building at SW 22 Avenue and SW 4 Street. A witness told them that the three people who had been in the car had run off. A perimeter was set up and a SWAT team and K9 officers were called in. A short time later, Padilla was found hiding near a shed at 2211 SW 5 Street, according to police. When he was taken into custody, officers found the couple's wallets, the car keys and a Glock handgun, the arrest report said. The two teens were found nearby, hiding in the backyard of a home at 2260 SW 4 Street, police said. During questioning, all three admitted to the robbery, according the report.
