MIAMI – Two men who were shot by Hialeah police Wednesday after allegedly burglarizing a home in Miami Springs are expected to appear in bond court Thursday.
Eligio Feliciano Torres and Francisco Guerra, 22, both suffered non-life-threatening injures in the shooting.
They face multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer, grand theft, burglary and loitering or prowling.
According to Hialeah police, undercover detectives were following the men when they saw them break into a home in Miami Springs.
Hialeah police notified Miami Springs police and confronted the men as they were coming out of the home, authorities said.
Police said an officer fired at the suspects while they were driving away in a Nissan Maxima.
"While they're trying to flee, they attempted to run down a Hialeah officer who opened fire, striking both suspects," Hialeah police spokesman Sgt. Carl Zogby said. "They continued to flee despite their injuries."
Authorities said the men led police on a chase that ended in the area of Northwest 67th Avenue and 36th Street in Virginia Gardens.
Both men were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital and are currently at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami.
According to Zogby, undercover officers spotted the men casing homes in Hialeah before they hit up the home in Miami Springs.