{"id":179615,"date":"2026-03-05T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179615\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:43:08","slug":"florida-man-appeals-life-imprisonment-sentence-for-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179615\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man appeals life imprisonment sentence for attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWHERE IS YOUR GUN? I WANT YOU TO PUT THE GUN DOWN. DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU? HUH? YEAH. OKAY. PUT THE GUN DOWN. MAKE SURE IT\u2019S NOT IN YOUR HAND. OKAY. NEW TONIGHT. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS SHOT WHILE TRYING TO REPOSSESS A CAR LAST WEEK IN PORT SAINT LUCIE, DIALED 911 TO REPORT THE CRIME HIMSELF. POLICE RELEASING THOSE CALLS TODAY. OUR ANGELA ROZIER JOINING US IN THE STUDIO WITH WHO ELSE CALLED 911 AFTER THE SHOOTING AND. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. SEVERAL PEOPLE HEARD THOSE SHOTS IN DIAL 911 THAT AFTERNOON, INCLUDING, AS YOU KNOW, THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT. 911 POLICE, FIRE. AMBULANCE. I GOT I GOT SHOT, I GOT SHOT. WERE YOU SHOT AT? OH MY GOD. HELP, HELP, HELP! I GOT SHOT, I GOT SHOT. THE VICTIM MADE THAT CALL TO 911 JUST MOMENTS AFTER DRIVING AWAY FROM THE SCENE WHERE HE WAS SHOT. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE THURSDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE 2000 BLOCK OF VILLANOVA ROAD IN PORT SAINT LUCIE. WE\u2019RE ON OUR WAY. OKAY, WE\u2019RE ON OUR WAY. LISTEN, DON\u2019T HANG UP. DO YOU KNOW WHO SHOT YOU? WERE YOU TRYING TO REPO A CAR? YES, MA\u2019AM. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE SUSPECT WENT? YES. HE\u2019S IN THIS HOUSE. A NEIGHBOR CAPTURED WHAT HAPPENED ON HER CELL PHONE. POLICE SAY OMAR SUKHOI WALKED OUT OF HIS HOME AND BEGAN ARGUING WITH THE 28 YEAR OLD TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND TRIED TO STOP HIM BEFORE THINGS GOT VIOLENT. THEY SAY SUKHOI HIT THE DRIVER IN THE FACE, THEN LATER ARMED HIMSELF WITH A GUN AND SHOT THE DRIVER MULTIPLE TIMES AS THE VICTIM WAS IN THE TOW TRUCK. MY HUSBAND JUST CALLED ME AND AND THE GUYS CARS ARE GETTING REPO\u2019D AND THEN I HEARD ALL THE GUNSHOTS. HE\u2019S LIKE, OH MY GOD, THERE\u2019S BULLETS EVERYWHERE. SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE ALLEGED SUSPECT, DIALED 911 TO REPORT THE SHOOTING. 911 POLICE! FIRE! AMBULANCE! YEAH, I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO SHOOT SOMEONE THAT TRY TO GET GET INTO MY HOME. HAHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT\u2019S YOUR ADDRESS? I HAVE THE POLICE HERE NOW. AND POLICE SAY THAT VICTIM WAS SHOT SIX TIMES. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECT, THOUGH, REMAINS BEHIND BARS WITHOUT BOND.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Port St. Lucie man appeals life imprisonment sentence for attempted murder of tow truck repo driver<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVideo above: ‘Help, help’: Tow truck driver in Florida dials 911 after being shot while trying to repossess a carA St. Lucie County man is appealing his attempted murder conviction.According to court documents, on Feb. 26 Omar Sueque, 61, filed an appeal his life sentence for attempted first-degree murder with a firearm and burglary of an occupied conveyance with an assault or battery.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsA St. Lucie County jury found Sueque guilty of the charges on Dec. 3, 2025. On Feb. 17, Sueque was sentenced to life in state prison for the attempted first-degree murder charge.The Port St. Lucie Police Department said in an arrest report, Sueque walked out of his home and began arguing with a tow truck driver after the driver attempted to repossess a vehicle.Sueque then came out of the garage with a firearm and shot the tow truck driver several times. The driver survived the shooting.Sueque, who is represented by attorney Ronald A. Hurst Jr., of Greenacres, will appeal to the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.His attorney filed the appeal to the Fourth District Court of Appeals on Wednesday.WPBF 25 News requested comment from Sueque\u2019s attorney and is awaiting a response.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Video above: ‘Help, help’: Tow truck driver in Florida dials 911 after being shot while trying to repossess a car<\/p>\n

A St. Lucie County man is appealing his attempted murder conviction.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, on Feb. 26 Omar Sueque, 61, filed an appeal his life sentence for attempted first-degree murder with a firearm and burglary of an occupied conveyance with an assault or battery.<\/p>\n

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A St. Lucie County jury found Sueque guilty of the charges on Dec. 3, 2025. <\/p>\n

On Feb. 17, Sueque was sentenced to life in state prison for the attempted first-degree murder charge.<\/p>\n

The Port St. Lucie Police Department said in an arrest report, Sueque walked out of his home and began arguing with a tow truck driver after the driver attempted to repossess a vehicle.<\/p>\n

Sueque then came out of the garage with a firearm and shot the tow truck driver several times. The driver survived the shooting.<\/p>\n

Sueque, who is represented by attorney Ronald A. Hurst Jr., of Greenacres, will appeal to the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His attorney filed the appeal to the Fourth District Court of Appeals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

WPBF 25 News requested comment from Sueque\u2019s attorney and is awaiting a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHERE IS YOUR GUN? I WANT YOU TO PUT THE GUN DOWN. DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14975,7855,6275,2675,30427,3721,34137,84947,84946,1933,5127,76010,171,173,2244,84945,172,16914,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-179615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-appeal","9":"tag-appeals","10":"tag-attorney","11":"tag-driver","12":"tag-feb","13":"tag-firearm","14":"tag-first-degree-murder","15":"tag-florida-fourth-district-court","16":"tag-life-imprisonment-sentence","17":"tag-murder","18":"tag-news-app","19":"tag-omar-sueque","20":"tag-port-st-lucie","21":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","22":"tag-port-st-lucie-man","23":"tag-port-st-lucie-man-appeals-life-imprisonment-sentence-for-attempted-murder-against-tow-truck-repo-driver","24":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","25":"tag-tow-truck","26":"tag-wpbf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}