Police arrested and charged three suspects Saturday following a report of men with firearms on a rooftop of a Miami Beach building.
The sighting was reported at a building at 11th Street and Collins Avenue Friday afternoon, police said.
Mohamed Azab Youssef, 39, Artur Schaback, 28, and Ivan Suhharev, 28, were arrested Friday after witnesses reported seeing the men pointing an AR-15 firearm toward the street from an apartment balcony, police say.
According to Miami Beach Police, Schaback walked outside the apartment onto the balcony holding an AR-15 in his hands while wearing a mask over his face. A witness, who called 911, told authorities Schaback was pointing the firearm toward the street and looked as if he was pointing the firearm at citizens and tourists walking by.
Suhharev was taking pictures of Schaback while he was displaying the firearm. Suhharev then began holding the firearm and displaying it in a careless manner also while wearing a mask, police say.
Authorities responded to the incident after receiving multiple calls. Police blocked streets in the area for some time.
After searching the apartment, police found a switch blade and an AR-15 with 500 rounds on ammunition, a box containing drug materials, a container containing suspected hashish, and a container containing suspected cocaine.
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Schaback and Suhharev have been charged with improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms. Youssef has been charged with possession with the intent to distribute of hashish and cocaine possession.
