A man is facing charges in a shooting at a Margate shopping plaza earlier this month that left two people hospitalized, police said.
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Joan Ferrer Azuaje, 19, was arrested May 15 in Hillsborough County on charges including attempted murder, child abuse, felony criminal mischief and discharging a firearm in public, an arrest warrant said.
The shooting happened May 9 at a shopping plaza in the 300 block of S. State Road 7.
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According to Margate Police, Azuaje and three other people had been involved in a confrontation that led to the gunfire.
Two of the other people were hospitalized as a result, the warrant said.
A 10-year-old child was present during the incident but wasn’t injured.
Azuaje was extradited to Broward, and is facing an immigration hold, records showed.
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