Police said a handyman delivering drugs shot and critically wounded a prominent Latin music songwriter and producer inside a waterfront mansion.
Fabio Alonso Salgado was shot around 11:30 p.m. Friday in the chest and on the back of the head. A police report described the injuries as “near fatal” but also said Salgado was able to talk with authorities and identify his attacker in a photo.
Salgado, also known as Estefano, has worked with Latin music stars including Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias and Julio Iglesias.
The handyman, Francisco Oliveira, 29, who had worked for Salgado for five years and was delivering marijuana to him, according to police, is being charged with attempted murder. He was being held at the Miami-Dade County Jail without bond, according to jail records. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney.
Telephone and e-mail messages left at Estefano Productions Group in Miami on Saturday were not immediately returned.
An administrator at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where the police report showed Salgado was taken, said she was not allowed to release any information about Salgado’s condition or whether he was still at the hospital.
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