{"id":690,"date":"2026-05-19T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:37:08","slug":"police-19-year-old-venezuelan-migrant-arrested-for-shopping-plaza-shooting-in-margate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Police: 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant arrested for shopping plaza shooting in Margate"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>MARGATE, Fla.  \u2014 A 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant was arrested in Hillsborough County and extradited to Broward County to face charges after a shooting earlier this month that terrorized a shopping plaza, records showed. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=688\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue captain pushes back on diversity concerns: \u2018I don\u2019t think it\u2019s accurate\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>Detectives accused Joan Ferrer of pulling out a gun and firing and injuring a man \u2014 despite the presence of a 10-year-old child \u2014 on May 9 in Margate, according to an arrest warrant issued on May 10. <\/p>\n<p>The shooting, which also damaged several storefronts, was at a shopping plaza along South State Road 7, between Southwest Second Court and Aztec Boulevard, according to Maj. Michael Druzbik, a spokesman for the Margate Police Department. <\/p>\n<p>Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested Ferrer on May 15, and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail, where he remained on Tuesday, in Fort Lauderdale, without bond, according to inmate records. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=686\">Charges to be dropped against \u2018Real Housewives\u2019 star Lisa Hochstein, ex-boyfriend, attorneys say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ferrer, who was born in Maracaibo and lived in Tampa, also has a hold from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to court and inmate records. <\/p>\n<p>Ferrer faced four charges: Attempted murder, child neglect with bodily harm, criminal mischief, and discharging a firearm in public. <\/p>\n<p>Broward County Circuit Judge Francis I. Viamontes was set to preside over the case. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=684\">Remains found in Little Haiti IDed as Trukita Scott, who vanished in 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 injured in Margate shooting; Gunfire damages several businesses at shopping plaza<\/li>\n<li>Police officers investigate shopping plaza shooting in Margate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Location<\/b><\/p>\n<div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1778383107742!6m8!1m7!1sysSyuOfvCzXbL7_tn3zOJg!2m2!1d26.22702166212754!2d-80.20440065581168!3f62.68055036447763!4f-2.880401035824235!5f1.1924812503605782\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m17!1m11!1m3!1d2567.7911766579045!2d-80.20652032635914!3d26.2271442892195!2m2!1f0!2f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88d90489f464ec0f%3A0x12f52707add720d6!2sGiros%20Carga%20Y%20Mas%20Company%2C%20324%20S%20State%20Rd%207%2C%20Margate%2C%20FL%2033068!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1778383150626!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant was arrested in Hillsborough County and extradited to Broward County to face charges after a shooting earlier this month that terrorized a shopping plaza, records showed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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