Tre Najai Spadoni, 31, was arrested hours after a reported Wynwood traffic confrontation and faces three charges, including aggravated assault with a firearm. Investigators say the encounter began with a near-collision and culminated in Spadoni allegedly pointing a handgun at a woman while she called 911.
According to WSVN, the trouble started around 8 p.m. Saturday when a white pickup truck abruptly cut in front of the woman's car near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, nearly causing a crash. Rather than driving off, the woman told investigators she drove around the truck, stopped in front of it and got out of her car to confront the driver face to face.
That's when things took a dangerous turn. Her friend warned her that the driver had a gun, and she reportedly saw its barrel pointed toward her through the windshield, per the outlet's account. Spadoni then allegedly drove around her car and intentionally struck its open driver's side door with his truck before speeding off.
A Chase Through Wynwood Ends in a Parking Lot 911 Call
Rather than let the driver disappear, the woman followed the truck through Wynwood, hoping to get its license plate number, eventually reaching an alley near North Miami Avenue and Northwest 37th Street, the report states. She then pulled into a nearby parking lot and called 911.
While she was still on the phone with a dispatcher, the driver allegedly pointed a black handgun at her again and yelled, “Get off the phone,” according to the arrest report cited by the station. The woman told investigators the driver kept the gun aimed in her direction even as he maneuvered his truck, before she managed to escape through the passenger-side door and run.
Witness and Video Corroborate Account, Arrest Follows
The woman flagged down a responding officer, and a witness corroborated her version of events. She also provided police with cellphone video of the truck, evidence that helped investigators move quickly. Spadoni was arrested Saturday night at 51 N. Miami Ave., not far from where the woman says she last saw him pointing the weapon.
He now faces charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, armed criminal mischief involving damage of $1,000 or more, and improper exhibition of a firearm. Florida law treats that last charge, exhibiting a firearm in a rude, careless, angry or threatening manner outside of necessary self-defense, as a first-degree misdemeanor, according to Florida Statute 790.10.
A Separate Miami-Dade Road-Rage Case
Local 10 reported on October 4, 2023, that police accused a driver in a separate road-rage incident in Miami’s Little River neighborhood of pulling a gun on a woman and four children. Police had arrested the man on Tuesday, two days after the reported incident. That account involved a family in the car and repeated encounters, unlike the reported Wynwood confrontation.
A judge found probable cause in the case and set Spadoni's bond at $6,000, the station reported. No further details on the status of the charges have been made public.
