MIAMI — A 60-year-old man, who was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Wednesday after a shooting in Miami, faced the threat of deportation back to his native Cuba.

Victor Behondo pointed a black revolver at his roommate’s forehead in Miami during a debt dispute, according to a police officer’s arrest report.

“The victim stated the argument escalated as he refused to pay ... he told [Behondo] to shoot him that he was not afraid,” a police officer wrote, adding Behondo then fired twice at the victim’s feet, according to the arrest report.

Police officers reported responding to the shooting shortly before 8:50 p.m. on Monday at a home along Northwest 26 Avenue, near Third Street, in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.

“Officers on scene made loud verbal commands for anyone inside the residence to exit. There was no response ... patrol officers conducted a safety sweep,” a police officer wrote, according to a report.

Police officers recovered a black revolver hidden between bushes near the home’s backyard, and found Behondo hiding inside a bathroom with the door locked, according to the arrest report.

Behondo confessed he had fired the gun “to scare the victim and not with the intent of hurting him” and he had “obtained the firearm from a guy he knows and is unsure if it has been used to commit other crimes,” according to the arrest report.

Behondo faced a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. His bond was $5,000, but he remained behind bars on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold, according to inmate records.

Miami roommates’ debt dispute ends with shooting, police standoff, possible deportation

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