A father and his teen son on a crime spree were arrested after a car theft led to a school lockdown in Miami Friday, police said.
Miami detectives said the incident began after the 16-year-old boy stole his mother's car the day before to pick up his dad, Vladimir Sanchez, from jail. An officer stopped the stolen car with Sanchez and his son inside and found marijuana and meth pipes.
The teen took off running forcing officers to set up a perimeter from West Flagler Street to Northwest 4th Street between 27th and 28th Avenues. Nearby St. Michael’s Catholic School was placed on lockdown as a result.
Sanchez was taken into custody but the 16-year-old got into some sort of confrontation with a homeowner in the 2700 block of Southwest 3rd Street.
The 82-year-old homeowner was upstairs when he heard a noise in his basement and went to check it out, police said.
During the altercation the homeowner fired shots, hitting the 16-year-old in the backside. He was later taken into police custody. His condition was unknown.
The teen and his father are facing up to eight charges among the two of them.
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A third victim was detained and later released.
