South Florida reels from surge in domestic violence cases
A police chase ended with the capture of a man accused of shooting his mother-in-law He was caught only hours after the crime the same day as another deadly event as the latest in a string of domestic violence incidents across Broward and Miami-Dade counties One woman is dead and another is fighting for her life in the hospital as the two majority of latest crimes in a string of domestic violence incidents across Broward and Miami-Dade counties What s going on There are so several of them one witness could be heard saying over cellphone video Police say -year-old Bilal Ismail shot his mother-in-law in her Miami Gardens home on Northwest th Avenue and rd Terrace on Monday The victim who is in her sixties is now recovering in a hospital Surveillance video from a nearby gas station captured Ismail driving a silver Toyota RAV and entering the plaza as police tailgated him Investigators with the Miami Gardens Police Department were able to identify Ismail within hours then recognized him during a traffic stop Tuesday morning near the location of the initial shooting Neighbors reported News off camera Ismail and the victim s daughter had been separated for months Ismail has been in trouble with the law before In he was arrested for selling synthetic marijuana Police decisively put a stop to his run from the law by landing him in a Miami-Dade jail cell Another family however would not see their loved one recover Nor will they see the person responsible face justice for his actions Before -year-old Indiana del Socorro Guzman Mendoza s life was taken at the hands of her former partner -year-old Reynaldo Sandoval she posted a video on her Facebook account warning loved ones that if anything happens to her Sandoval is to blame I brought her here alive and tragically I have to send her back to my mother dead her sister Maria Guzman Mendoza disclosed in Spanish She disclosed Sandoval manifested up to her sister s job at Del Toro Insurance located at Northwest th Avenue and opened fire fatally striking her Before he could potentially face justice for his actions he turned the gun on himself Whatever happens to me he is responsible There is a description made by local police here in the US revealed Indiana del Socorro Guzman Mendoza in Spanish in a video posted on Facebook Indiana s family declared the two were married for three years and together for nine However Sandoval became violent Officers even arrested the -year-old this year for stalking and violating a domestic violence injunction Guzman witnessed it only a minimal months ago I lived in that house for four months and I know what my sister went through Maria disclosed I m the only one who can speak about it because now that bastard killed himself and took her with him If you or someone you know is in an abusive home help is available at the Florida Domestic Violence Situation Hotline - - - You can also contact Women in Distress at - - for help or to donate to their cause on their website
