Azea Augustama, a 39-year-old former Haitian boxer, was arrested in Miami, Florida for the alleged attempt to carry out a shooting with an assault rifle in a local gym in said city after being involved in an altercation with another user of said training center, according to various sources, including the EFE news agency.
own Miami police would have reported to the aforementioned agency and local media that the expugilista would have confirmed his intention to shoot after acquiring an assault riflereason for which he was arrested and brought before a court where he was accused of the charges of threatening to kill and written threats to commit a mass shooting.
A new hearing is expected to take place this Thursday against the former Haitian boxer in which a Miami-Dade court will confirm a bond of three million dollars, in addition to house arrest, agreement reached by the court in the first hearing against the boxer.
“I think he represents a great danger to the community, as well as to the victims, in view of his actions and the threats that were made.”Judge Mindy Glazer said at the hearing.
Who is Azea Augustama, the boxer arrested for attempted shooting?
Born in Haiti, the country he represented at the 2008 Olympic Games, held in China, Augustama added 18 victories throughout his career as a professional boxer, during which he became known as the ‘Haitian Hitman’.
The former boxer, who moved to the United States as a minor and graduated from North Miami Beach High School, He was a personal trainer at the BOXR gym, but his managers canceled his membership after an argument with a person inside the facility and was even issued a temporary restraining order.
They reveal the cause of their intention to carry out the shooting
The owner of the aforementioned gym, Mario Attalla, pointed out to the local channel WPLG that he was forced to cancel the ex-boxer’s membership, with the promise of returning his money, after getting rude to a gym member whom he seriously threatened.
“He got a bit angry and aggressive, so we had to pull him away and say, ‘Look, you can’t be talking to people like that.’and basically he got angry,” Attala said, adding that after that he had to tell him that he couldn’t go back to the gym.
According to local authorities, On Tuesday afternoon Augustama went to a jewelry and weapons store, where he made a deposit of $150 to purchase an AK-47 rifle. By then, the threats had been reported to the Miami Police Violent Crimes Unit.
After being approached by the officers, the ex-boxer confessed to being the author of the threats on the internet and that he had bought the rifle.