Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nMiami police said it happened on Tuesday around 4:25 p.m. near suspect Lourdes Maria Portugues\u2019 home, located in the 1000 block of Northwest 18th Place in the city\u2019s Little Havana neighborhood. <\/p>\n
According to police, the United States Postal Service carrier, who is a Black woman, was walking her route when a child approached her to collect mail for their home.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when police said Portugues, 34, yelled at the child, \u2018Don\u2019t talk to her, we don\u2019t talk to n—–s.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the victim continued to deliver the mail, police said Portugues then picked up a hose from the front yard and sprayed the victim with water, which prompted the victim to call 911. <\/p>\n
According to an arrest form, Portugues then collected her purse and got into her SUV, a silver Lincoln Nautilus, and tried to run over the mail carrier , causing her to take cover behind a parked car, before putting the SUV in reverse and driving toward her again. <\/p>\n
After accelerating past the victim again, police said Portugues then made a U-turn at the end of the block and again drove toward her at a high rate of speed, causing \u201cseveral witnesses and the victim all\u201d to run \u201ctoward the sidewalk, away from the defendant\u2019s vehicle to avoid being struck,\u201d according to an arrest form. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s when authorities said Portugues parked in front of her home and yelled at the victim, \u201cI\u2019m going to shoot you, I have a gun inside my house\u201d before going inside.<\/p>\n
Police said a witness, who was identified as Portugues\u2019 minor child, told officers that when Portugues went back inside, she \u201cstarted to put bullets in a gun in her room,\u201d according to an arrest form. <\/p>\n
Responding officers said they found a pellet gun, along with rounds for the gun, inside Portugues\u2019 room.<\/p>\n
Officers also said that surveillance video and witness statements corroborated the victim\u2019s account of how the events transpired. <\/p>\n
Portugues is facing two felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with prejudice. She is currently being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a bond listed as \u201cto be set.\u201d<\/p>\n
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