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From [HERE] and [HERE] A Puerto Rico policeman has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at the car of an 85-year-old handicapped woman. Emanuel Ortiz Diaz also was charged with a weapon violation when he appeared in court on Wednesday. The officer, who was on a bicycle, fired nine times, but failed to hit the woman, officials said.
Police say Ortiz fired nine shots at the car of Catalina Reyes when she failed to stop after hitting a vehicle while leaving a grocery store earlier this month. One bullet pierced the windshield on the driver's side and another went through the driver's side window.
Police said Reyes received minor cuts from the broken glass. Ortiz did not enter a plea. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 14. Reyes' daughter, Rosa Elsie Rosado, told reporters that her mother has two prosthetic knees. "It was horrific. I never imagined that something like this could happen, much less to my mother," she said. "He didn't notice that she was an elderly person ... He kept shooting like she was an animal."