HIALEAH, Fla. ā Hialeah police say a man who fatally shot another man Wednesday afternoon during a road rage incident is not facing charges at this time, as it appears he fired the shot in self-defense.
The shooting occurred around 3:45 p.m. in the area of East Sixth Avenue and Hialeah Drive.
Cellphone video from a nearby resident shows Hialeah police arriving to the scene and an officer pumping on the chest of the man who had been shot.
Another man seen holding a gun moments earlier was restrained and taken away.
Another officer was seen trying to console a woman who appeared to be distraught as she saw the injured man on the ground.
According to authorities, officers arrived at the scene to find Juan Alberto Rocha, 60, on the ground, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospitalās Ryder Trauma Center where he died.
āIt was not worth anybodyās life,ā said Rochaās daughter, Julie Perez.
Perez spoke to Local 10 News just 24 hours after her father was shot and killed.
āI was at the park with my son yesterday and my grandmother called me from the hospital to let me know he had been shot,ā she said.
According to police, the vehicle that Rocha was in blocked the shooterās vehicle. Rocha then got out of the car and confronted the driver, resulting in the shooting, authorities said.
āThis case is still open and active but appears to be an act of stand your ground,ā the Hialeah Police Department said in an email to Local 10 News. āThe shooter is fully cooperating in the incident and is facing no charges as of this writing.ā
Perez isnāt convinced that itās a simple case of self-defense. Thatās because due to previous convictions, she said her father isnāt allowed to carry a weapon, so sheās not sure how threatened the shooter could have been.
āHe couldnāt carry a weapon because of his past, so I just donāt understand how it would a stand your ground situation,ā said Perez.
She also says her grandmother had just recently told her he was working on turning his life around.
āTo just turn some kind of cut me off situation into a violent, letās go to the death duel, I just donāt see that,ā said Perez. āRoad rage is not worth somebody elseās life.ā
The shooterās identity has not been released.