MIAMI – Chris Chambers was 16 years old when deputies arrested him in Miami-Dade County for first-degree attempted murder. About three years later, he is back behind bars.
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Records show he was 17 when he was convicted of attempted murder and armed carjacking. After a correctional boot camp, his probation wasn’t set to end until after he turned 23 in 2028.
According to a police arrest report, Miami police officers met a domestic violence victim on Thursday in Wynwood who said that she had started an on-and-off relationship with Chambers in 2023 and she was six months pregnant with the 19-year-old felon’s baby.
While at Roberto Clemente Park, she said Chambers “grabbed her by the neck” and “dragged her by her shirt” from the playground to the restroom where he “pulled out a firearm,” pointed it at her abdomen and face, and threatened to “Clap her,” or fatally shoot her, according to the police report.
A witness alerted park staff to the conflict and when the staff opened the restroom’s door -- interrupting the attack -- Chambers and the victim walked out but he “continued to hold onto her shirt until he heard police sirens” and fled, according to the police report.
Miami police officers found Chambers a few blocks away from the park, carrying a pink backpack with a gun inside, according to police. The arrest report listed him as living in Miami Gardens, but the Florida Department of Corrections listed him as “transient-homeless.”
During questioning, both the victim and Chambers said they were in a romantic relationship and were fighting over her phone. He had allegedly taken it away from her earlier and she was at the park asking him to return it to her. He denied pointing the gun at her before his arrest.
Chambers appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Friday and prosecutors filed a felony case against him for aggravated kidnapping with a weapon, aggravated battery on a pregnant victim, strongarm robbery, aggravated assault with a firearm, and domestic battery by strangulation.
A judge granted the prosecution’s request for pre-trial detention after denying him bond over the kidnapping charge. His bond for the other four charges was $25,000. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Jason Bloch was set to preside over the case.