Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nThe incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday near 24302 SW 107th Ave.<\/p>\n
Investigators said 24-year-old Elio Jesus Rodriguez Garcia was at his home when a man he had been arguing with through WhatsApp messages appeared at the front gate of his apartment complex. <\/p>\n
Rodriguez Garcia heard the man yelling from outside and exited through the back of his apartment to see what was happening.<\/p>\n
After seeing the man, Rodriguez Garcia went back inside, armed himself with a rifle and returned to his rear balcony, where the two continued arguing.<\/p>\n
During the confrontation, Rodriguez Garcia fired two warning shots, investigators said. <\/p>\n
One of the shots traveled across U.S. 1 and struck the passenger side of a Miami-Dade Transit bus as it was traveling north near Southwest 132nd Avenue and the Busway.<\/p>\n
The bus had passengers at the time. According to the arrest form, the bullet entered the bus, shattered a side window and caused minor glass injuries to the right side of a passenger\u2019s head and face.<\/p>\n
Johnson was seated on the driver\u2019s side of the bus a few feet from where the bullet entered. The bullet was recovered intact from inside the bus and appeared to be a rifle round. <\/p>\n
She was treated at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n
As Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies responded to the report of an occupied bus being struck by gunfire, dispatchers also received a separate call about a man firing a weapon at Pine Grove Apartments.<\/p>\n
Deputies responded and took Rodriguez Garcia into custody without incident.<\/p>\n
According to the arrest form, deputies recovered a spent .300 Blackout casing behind Rodriguez Garcia apartment. From the rear of the apartment, investigators said they could see across heavily-congested U.S. 1 to the Miami-Dade Transit bus that had been struck.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez Garcia was transported to MDSO\u2019s South District station for an interview. Investigators said he was advised of his Miranda rights using a preprinted form and agreed to speak without an attorney present.<\/p>\n
He was later charged and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n
Charges include four counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, with bond to be set. He also faces a charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in a public place or residential property, with bond set at $500. <\/p>\n
Authorities additionally placed an immigration hold on Rodriguez Garcia.<\/p>\n
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