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Antranard Womble looks at the gallery after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a police shooting on Monday, April 27, 2026.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of CBS News Miami<\/p>\n
A man who fired at a Miami police officer during a traffic stop was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday.<\/p>\n
Antranard Womble, 30, pleaded guilty to attempted murder before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Laura Gonzalez-Marques. The shooting stemmed from an April 24, 2020, traffic stop when Womble fired a gun at Officer Erica Socarras on the corner of Northwest 22nd Avenue and 54th Street in Brownsville.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAn officer who was doing her job could have lost her life,\u201d the judge said after sentencing Womble. \u201cAnd you\u2019re going to have a long time to think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The officer wasn\u2019t hit by the barrage of bullets, but while testifying in court on Monday, she said she was \u201cambushed\u201d by Womble and two other men. Wilkhari Jones, 25, and Wilzavier Jones, 26, are also charged in connection to the shooting and have pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
Socarras may have been saved by her Taser, which took the \u201cbrunt of the gunshot wound,\u201d her attorney said during the hearing. During the encounter, the officer returned fire and grazed the neck of one of the people inside the white Nissan Sentra she pulled over.<\/p>\n
\u2018I can\u2019t die today\u2019<\/p>\n
Dressed in her Miami police uniform, Socarras recounted how on the day of the shooting, she said goodbye to her child and left her house \u2014 not expecting what unfolded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a police officer and a single mother, that\u2019s a reality that we live with every day,\u201d Socarras said. \u201cWe try to make it home, but we never truly believe that that day will come, and we may not.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Miami Police Officer Erica Socarras testifies about how she was shot at during a 2020 traffic stop in court on Monday, April 27, 2026. Courtesy of CBS News Miami <\/p>\n
Socarras said she is reminded of the gunfire whenever she\u2019s out in public and in large crowds. The officer said she was once confident on the job \u2014 but has since had to prepare herself to go to work every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile everything was happening, all I could think was \u2018I can\u2019t die today. I need to make it home to my kid,\u2019\u201d Socarras said.<\/p>\n
The officer said she \u201cchose to find forgiveness in [her] heart\u201d and said she hopes Womble uses his prison sentence to reflect. Womble sat silently, not uttering a word after entering his guilty plea. Womble will receive credit for the almost six years he has spent behind bars.<\/p>\n
The courtroom was packed with uniformed members of the Miami police force, who quickly shuffled out of the courtroom as Womble was fingerprinted.<\/p>\n
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales attended the hearing, afterward telling reporters that he hopes the case sends \u201ca clear… message\u201d \u2014 that anyone who harms a police officer will be punished.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not society\u2019s punching bags,\u201d Morales said. \u201cWe are out there doing our job. We go out there to protect the community, but we are ready to defend ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
This story was originally published April 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM.<\/p>\n
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