MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 24-year-old man confessed to firing a “warning shot” at a driver during an argument on Monday afternoon in southwestern Miami-Dade County, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy’s report.
Deputies arrested Daniel Cancio shortly after 3:45 p.m. on Monday at 10855 SW 72 St. in Kendall after the victims reported a shooting, according to the MDSO deputy’s arrest report.
A driver reported stopping at the red light at Sunset Drive at Southwest 97 Avenue and talking to Cancio about witnessing him speeding through a school zone, according to the deputy’s arrest report.
The driver “observed [Cancio] reach into the rear area of his vehicle and retrieve what appeared to be a firearm,” a deputy wrote, according to the report.
Cancio confessed to using a pellet gun that deputies found in his car to shatter the driver’s back passenger side window, according to the deputy’s report. The victims took a photo of Cancio’s tag.
Miami-Dade County corrections booked Cancio shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral, according to inmate records.
Cancio faced charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief. His bond was $5,500.
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