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Half brother of El Duque suspect in Hialeah Rampage
Topic Started: Jun 7 2010, 05:03 PM (61 Views)
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/07/1667678/suspect-identified-in-rampage.html

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A man police have identified as the gunman in a mass shooting in Hialeah is the half-brother of former Major League baseball player Orlando ``El Duque'' Hernandez.

Gerardo Regalado was behind the murderous rampage at a Hialeah restaurant late Sunday that left four women dead and three others wounded in the city's worst mass murder in its history, police said.

Regalado, 38, of Coral Gables, apparently committed suicide blocks from the mass killing.

Among those Regalado allegedly gunned down at Yoyito's Cafe was his girlfriend, Liazan Molina, 24, Hialeah police said.

El Nuevo Herald has confirmed Regalado is the half-brother of the former New York Yankee pitcher. The two had the same mother.

Regalado has been mentioned by Hernandez in stories about Hernandez's life in Cuba before he came to the United States to begin a career in 1998 with the Yankees.

Hernandez could not be reached for comment Monday.

Police have also released the names of Regalado's other victims.

The dead: Molina, of Coral Gables; Maysel Figueroa, 32, of Hialeah; Lavina M. Fonseca, 47, of Hialeah; and Zaida Castillo, 56, of Hialeah.

The injured: Mayra Delacaridad, 55, of Hialeah Gardens; Ivet Coronado Fernandez, 36, of Miami; and Yasmine Dominguez, age and hometown unavailable.

Some of the victims worked at the eatery.

Regalado's romantic problems with Molina may have led to the mass killings. His Facebook page features happy photographs of the couple, one posted as recently as noon the day of the shooting.

Molina's profile describes her as married. Regalado's profile picture shows him embracing Molina on a beachside picnic table, and Molina's profile contains a photo of the two hugging, with a pink heart-shaped border emblazoned with the words `` Love You Honey!'' ``It's a great tragedy,'' said Humerto Hurta, a regular at Yoyito's at 495 E. 49th St., a family-owned eatery which is famous for its arroz con pollo a la chorrera, described by some food critics as the best in Miami-Dade.

Monday morning, the shopping plaza where the restaurant sits remained locked down. A handwritten sign -- ``Closed. Cerrado.'' -- hung on the Yoyito's front door.

Felix Fuentes, 42, showed up to try to get information on medical insurance for Coronado, his sister.

She remains in a coma at Jackson Memorial Hospital, shot twice -- once in the chest and once on the side.

Fuentes said Coronado came from Havana four months ago to live with her mother in Hialeah. She has been working at the restaurant for a few months after getting the job through a friend.

Family members from Cuba were calling on his cellphone to check on how she was doing. She has already had two operations. Doctors say she may lose her arm, her brother said.

Coronado's car was still in the parking lot.

Here's how police say the deadly evening unfolded:

The shooting spree began with an argument between Regalado and Molina in the parking lot.

Regalado drew a .45-caliber pistol, shot Molina and then entered the restaurant ``like a wild man, with a gun in hand, and began shooting indiscriminately,'' said Eduardo Rodriguez, who works at the restaurant and said the details were given to him by others who were dining at the time.

Evidence suggests Regalado specifically targeted women, as there were at least two men in the restaurant, but neither was shot.

The three injured were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.

Regalado was found a few blocks away -- at 350 E. 45th St. -- of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot from the same weapon he used to take four lives, police said.

He was found in a vehicle believed to have been taken from one of the victims.

Miami Herald staff writers Rory Clarke, Diana Moskovitz and Luisa Yanez contributed to this report.
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Three people died and it's the worst "mass murder" in the city's history?
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Damn how many half brothers does El Duque have? Crazy, horny Cubans...
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