In today’s Quickcast:
There’s word Vice President Kamala Harris is getting closer to picking her running mate. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who serves as co-chair of the Harris campaign, said on CBS Mornings, that she expects Harris to make a decision in the next 6-7 days. The Harris campaign also says it took in 200 million dollars in the first week of her candidacy for President, that’s a record. Harris also edged out Former President Donald Trump in a new poll. Trump is now sharpening his attacks against the presumptive Democratic nominee.
An arrest has been made in a southwest Miami-Dade shooting on Saturday that sent a four-year-old boy to the hospital.
Christopher Del Carpio Cabezudo, 23, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, attempted murder, firing a deadly missile, and resisting arrest without violence.
The mother of the boy, Dylan Suarez, said she was grateful an arrest had been made.
"I feel relieved knowing that he is not outside anymore. This could happen again to someone else," said Hassell Oporta.
According to police, Del Carpio Cabezudo was talking with several other people in the common area of 1240 SW 127 Court around 8:45 p.m. when he got into a fight with one person.
When the fight turned physical, the others tried to separate them. That’s when, according to police, Del Carpio Cabezudo grabbed a gun and started shooting.
Two of the people ran into Unit 3 to avoid the gunfire. Del Carpio Cabezudo then reportedly fired into the unit.
"Multiple projectiles passed through the walls of Unit 3 and traveled into Unit 1. D.S. (the boy) was struck on the left side of the torso by one of the projectiles, " according to the arrest report.
The boy was taken to HCA Kendall Hospital, the staff found that he had been grazed by the bullet. He was treated and released.
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