CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Abdul Perez waived his first court appearance Friday, one day after authorities say he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend in a targeted attack in Coral Springs.
Police say Perez, 49, of Tamarac, intentionally rammed his landscaping van into the Lexus Mirtha Sanchez-Teran was driving Thursday, pushing it into a building behind a strip mall in the 7600 block of West, trapping the victim and causing the vehicle’s airbags to deploy.
Authorities said video shows Perez in bright orange, approaching the victim’s car, aiming a gun and firing a single shot before the video ends.
More shots ring out in another video. An arrest report from the Coral Springs Police Department states Sanchez-Teran, a mother of two, was hit multiple times in both shoulders, her chest, abdomen and face.
After “apparently believing she was deceased,” he desperately ran off and jumped into a nearby canal to get away from the scene, the report states.
But officers say Sanchez-Teran survived the gunfire and identified her accused attacker.
Police caught up with Perez in a nearby neighborhood. He initially denied knowing his ex-girlfriend.
But after being taken into custody, police say he became emotional when officers mentioned the victim and her two daughters.
Several witnesses also identified him, and his employer also identified the work van as Perez’s
He now faces several felony charges, including attempted murder.
Authorities said Sanchez-Teran remained in serious condition as of Friday.
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