Hialeah Man Accused Of Killing Neighbor Denied Bail
MIAMI (CBS4) - A Hialeah man accused of gunning down his neighbor during a fight over parking and property lines made his first appearance before a judge on Monday.
During the proceeding the charges were read and bond was denied for 47-year old Jose Mora.
The shooting happened early Sunday morning in front of 33-year old Julio Pena's home in the 300 block of West 40th Place.
Neighbors said up until about eight months ago, Pena and Mora had been the best of friends but then they had started arguing about property lines, renovations to Pena's home and a new fence which Pena put up in the front of his home. Family members say Pena was so worried about the situation he had installed security cameras outside his home in case anything happened.
On Sunday morning something did.
Witnesses told police at one point during Sunday morning's argument, Mora ran into his home, got a gun and then came out and shot Pena multiple times.
"I don't know, I don't know, they were very, very good friends," said Pena's father in law, Cipriano Gonzalez.
Both men had recently taken restraining orders out on each other.
"He always carried two or three guns with him, "said neighbor Jose Santiago, "He showed me, I'm not lying."
Several neighbors heard the shots and called police. They were there within minutes and took Mora into custody.
Rescue workers rushed Pena to a nearby hospital but he died before they arrived.
Rodriguez said the wives and children of both Pena and Mora were inside their respective homes when the shooting occurred.
During questioning by police, Mora said he shot Pena in self-defense but several witnesses refuted those claims.
