MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā The son of a 74-year-old woman shot in northeast Miami-Dade earlier this month says there were warning signs about the suspect days before the gunfire and nothing was done about them.
Rosendo Rivero was suspected of shooting Miracien Armand at her business along Dixie Highway on March 17.
The 25-year-old dated Armandās granddaughter for a brief time.
Video from days before the shooting shows a man, who family members say is Rivero, pull up to a business.
They say he threatened his ex-girlfriendās family by showing up at her dads workplace and sending a video.
The family filed a police report.
āHe shows up at my business and sends my daughter a video threatening me,ā the victimās son said.
Days later, Armand was shot at 12 times and struck six times at her business. Miraculously, she survived.
The family says there were warning signs.
āHowās this guy threatening us?ā Armandās son said. āHis phone number is showing up. Heās sending video. (Police) placed him at my property.ā
Family members say during the volatile relationship with Armandās granddaughter, Rivero fired shots outside of Armandās Broward County home.
He was on supervised release and was wearing an ankle monitor.
According to Armandās son, on the Tuesday before the shooting, Rivero sent these threatening texts: āTell ya daddy Iām on his trail stay dangerousā and āWarn him so it can be fair battle when we meet.ā
Immediately, he contacted prosecutors at the Broward State Attorneyās Office.
One day before the shooting, as shown in a court document, Broward prosecutors said Rivero violated his pre-trial release and prosecutors got an arrest warrant for him as soon as they possibly could.
He was on probation out of Miami-Dade County as well.
Prosecutors did mention that law enforcement was searching for him and couldnāt find him earlier that week. He was still out on the morning of the 17th, the day the shooting happened.
He reportedly cut off his ankle monitor.
After the shooting, family members say he sent his ex these texts: āCheck on your grandma my dawg killed her a--ā, āYou & your daddy nextā, āAnd your mommaā, āTeach my kid to never snitchā.
Rivero would continue to the text his ex-girlfriend, family members say.
But one week after the shooting, Rivero was shot and killed by Oklahoma troopers after they said he robbed a bank in Kansas.
āIām super upset, but Iām grateful my mom is doing well,ā Armandās son said.