MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — An arrest report obtained Friday by Local 10 News reveals more about what led up to a fatal shooting this week in Miami-Dade County’s Brownsville neighborhood.
According to the report, Janiece Michelle Santa Maria, 29, shot the victim Maxin Laguerre, 23, in the parking lot of the Brownsville Village apartment complex, located at 5185 NW 29th Ave., just after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday and then went up to her apartment unit.
Responding deputies said Santa Maria confessed to the shooting and the gun used was found in her purse.
According to the report, Santa Maria told detectives that she and Laguerre were arguing throughout the evening prior to the shooting.
Further details about what they were arguing about were not publicly released.
“It’s just crazy,” a resident at the complex, identified only as Jawann, said. “There’s a jacket out there, there’s blood out there, and a car that’s blocked in that I think that’s involved with it.”
Jawann told Local 10 that he believes Santa Maria and the victim were in some sort of relationship.
“Well, I know that this happens frequently,” he said. “I believe police have been called here three times for that. And like I said, this – the last time -- it turned deadly."
Jail records show Santa Maria is facing a second-degree murder charge and was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, as of Friday.
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