A Miami grand jury has indicted four men in a triple murder case which occurred in 2006. Four well-known gang members armed with masks and guns opened fire on a van killing three men and wounding another in day light hours on a Miami street. Miami police investigators determined that the mastermind of the attack and resulting homicide was Emanuel "Mano" Cadillon. The attack was the result of retaliation for the execution-style murder of Cadillon's toddler son weeks earlier. Cadillon has been charged by the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office with three counts of first degree murder. The record is unclear as to which Miami criminal lawyers will be representing the four co-defendants in the case.
Cadillon is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. He was arrested in Miramar, Florida after an all-night standoff with police. Along with Cadillon, a Miami-Dade grand jury indicted Robert Shaw, Junior Sylvin and Samuel Cadillon. Sylvin is currently scheduled for trial in federal court in October for cocaine trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine charges.
All of the men indicted have been under investigation by gang and homicide detectives for their alleged involvement in several brutal murders in Miami-Dade County. Investigations have revealed that the men are members of a violent Haitian street gang referred to as the "69th Street" gang. The victims of the murder are said to have been associated with another street gang referred to as the "Zombie Boys." Miami detectives acknowledged the ongoing violent criminal and drug activities of these local street gangs.
The key evidence in the case against the defendants is DNA on cell phone that was recovered at the crime scene, weapons seized in a Miami Beach hotel room, and statements made by Shaw to other inmates while he was in custody on an unrelated case. After the grand jury indicted the four co-defendants, Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle issued the following statement, "I have a simple message to gang members like these determined to commit vicious crimes: Don't stop looking over your shoulders because my prosecutors and our police are determined to hunt you down and take you off our streets."
Homicide detectives are investigating another triple homicide with the same gang members being the primary suspects. The MO is apparently the same, with gang members using two vehicles to box in the vehicle being operated by the victims. Once the vehicle is stopped the gang members pump dozens of rounds into the vehicle with the intent of killing everyone inside.
4 Gang Members Charged in 2006 Miami Triple Slaying, The Miami Herald, October 2, 2009.
