MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A 16-year-old boy from Miami Gardens was arrested Monday, months after he was involved in an after school fight that led to a shooting that injured another teenager, authorities confirmed.
Ishmel Noel Chester faces an attempted murder charge in connection with the incident that occurred around 2:50 p.m. Dec. 14 in the 19100 block of Northwest Ninth Avenue.
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According to Miami Gardens police, a group of students were involved in a fight after school near Miami Norland Senior High School.
Chester’s arrest report states that he was riding in a car with a group of other teens when one of the other passengers said, “Yo, I think that’s the op jit from Norland. He was in the fight.”
Police said Chester, who admitted to having carried a SIG firearm such as the one used in the shooting, got out of the car, ran down the victim and shot at him.
According to the report, Chester admitted to shooting the victim, and said that the victim told him, “f*** you” when he saw the weapon.
Police said Chester told detectives, “I shot him in the front,” but that the victim was actually found with two gunshot wounds to his back.
A total of six 9mm casings were found in the area where the victim was shot, authorities said.
The victim was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Further details surrounding the motive for the shooting are unclear.