MIAMI – Herman Skinner is also known as Jarvis Delons, Leon Jenkins, Tarrod Mason, Williams, and combinations of these names, records show.
One of two men who detectives reported the 39-year-old convicted felon recently tried to kill in Miami said he is also known as “Skeeter,” records show.
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Skinner appeared in bond court on Wednesday morning before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer. He faced four new felony charges.
“He has 14 felony convictions,” Glazer said while reviewing the documents in the attempted murder case.
Miami-Dade prosecutors filed the case after a shooting on April 4, where some of the homeless in Miami set up tents under the shade of Interstate 95 in Allapattah.
According to police, Skinner rode a black bicycle to the encampment, near the Camillus House, at 1603 NW 7 Ave. He allegedly got off the bicycle and shouted, “Who came out of the tent?”
Witnesses reported Skinner pulled out a gun, fired, got back on the bicycle, and fled westbound on Northwest 17 Street toward Seventh Avenue, according to the report on the Miami Police Department’s case.
Detectives found four bullet casings along Northwest 17 Street, near “blood droplets and spatter” in front of a green tent, according to a police report.
Miami Fire Rescue personnel took two wounded victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and they both survived, police said.
A man was shot in the back of his neck and “the projectile traveled into his chest cavity,” and another man needed seven staples to close a wound after a bullet grazed his head, according to police.
One of the victims reported that after he was released from Jackson Memorial Hospital he ran into Skinner on April 15 at the Salvation Army, at 1907 NW 38 St., in Allapattah, according to the police arrest report.
When police officers arrested Skinner on Tuesday afternoon, they reported he was carrying a Zastava M70 pistol in his pocket, according to the arrest report.
Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies booked Skinner on Tuesday night at the Turner Guilford Correctional Center, records show.
Skinner faced two counts of first-degree attempted murder, use of a firearm while committing a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Glazer granted the Miami-Dade prosecution’s motion for pre-trial detention and ordered Skinner to stay away from the victims in the case.