Fort Lauderdale shooting suspect, already facing Miami child sex case, captured in Georgia

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Georgia sheriff’s deputies arrested a man wanted in an attempted murder case in Fort Lauderdale, according to police.

Deputies in Cook County, located in rural south Georgia, took Jose Restrepo-Montoya into custody Wednesday, four days after the downtown shooting.

Restrepo-Montoya, 27, was already facing significant legal troubles in South Florida. As of Thursday, he had a pending child sex crimes case against him stemming from an October arrest in Miami, court records show. At the time, Miami police identified him as a club promoter and a Colombian national.

According to Fort Lauderdale police, Restrepo-Montoya shot a man at 301 SW First Ave. just before 4:15 p.m. Saturday. That man survived and was taken to Broward Health Medical Center.

Authorities said the victim remained hospitalized as of Thursday afternoon.

Fort Lauderdale police did not disclose a motive or additional details about Restrepo-Montoya’s arrest in Georgia.

His arrest form in the Miami case listed addresses in Brickell and the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, Georgia.

Jail and extradition information weren’t immediately available Thursday afternoon.