{"id":237002,"date":"2026-04-18T15:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237002\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:16:12","slug":"coral-springs-gunman-only-stopped-firing-after-apparently-believing-ex-was-dead-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237002\/","title":{"rendered":"Coral Springs gunman only stopped firing after \u2018apparently believing\u2019 ex was dead, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 Abdul Perez waived his first court appearance Friday, one day after authorities say he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/16\/woman-shot-multiple-times-in-coral-springs-rushed-to-hospital-in-serious-condition\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/16\/woman-shot-multiple-times-in-coral-springs-rushed-to-hospital-in-serious-condition\/\">in a targeted attack<\/a> in Coral Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/17\/policia-tirador-en-coral-springs-dejo-de-disparar-tras-aparentemente-creer-que-su-ex-estaba-muerta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/17\/policia-tirador-en-coral-springs-dejo-de-disparar-tras-aparentemente-creer-que-su-ex-estaba-muerta\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say Perez, 49, of Tamarac, intentionally rammed his landscaping van into the Lexus Mirtha Sanchez-Teran was driving Thursday, pushing it into a building behind a strip mall in the 7600 block of West, trapping the victim and causing the vehicle\u2019s airbags to deploy. <\/p>\n<p>Shooting suspect a no-show in court  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said video shows Perez in bright orange, approaching the victim\u2019s car, aiming a gun and firing a single shot before the video ends. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">More shots ring out in another video. An arrest report from the Coral Springs Police Department states Sanchez-Teran, a mother of two, was hit multiple times in both shoulders, her chest, abdomen and face. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After \u201capparently believing she was deceased,\u201d he desperately ran off and jumped into a nearby canal to get away from the scene, the report states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But officers say Sanchez-Teran survived the gunfire and identified her accused attacker. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police caught up with Perez in a nearby neighborhood. He initially denied knowing his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But after being taken into custody, police say he became emotional when officers mentioned the victim and her two daughters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Several witnesses also identified him, and his employer also identified the work van as Perez\u2019s<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He now faces several felony charges, including attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said Sanchez-Teran remained in serious condition as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 Abdul Perez waived his first court appearance Friday, one day after authorities say he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-237002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237002","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=237002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}