Woman accused of threatening to kill ex-boyfriend in Miami-Dade

Detectives accused Macalyne Rigaud of trying to kill her ex-boyfriend in Miami-Dade County. (MDCR)

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – A woman showed up at her ex-boyfriend’s house armed with a gun and started shooting into the air in Miami-Dade County’s West Little River neighborhood, police said.

A witness reported a woman fired a gun at about 9:30 a.m., on Saturday, near the intersection of Northwest 85 Street and Fifth Avenue in the area of Larchmont Gardens Park.

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The victim identified the woman as Macalyne Rigaud, 35, of North Miami, his former live-in girlfriend.

“You have 24 hours to stop doing whatever you are doing,” Rigaud said, according to the arrest report.

Police officers found a gun inside the trunk of Rigaud’s blue Nissan Altima about nine hours after the shooting and arrested her at the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Intracoastal District Station, according to the arrest report.

Rigaud is facing charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, and discharging a firearm in public. She was being held without bond.

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