Police arrested two teenagers Monday in connection with an armed robbery and shooting that they said left a Miami-Dade tattoo artist in critical condition last week.
According to police, two employees of the Eazy Street Tattoos, located at 13433 SW 56th St. in the Miller Shops of county's Kendale Lakes area, were taking a break at the back of the business when they were ambushed by two armed men on Thursday night.
Eazy Street Tattoos employee Cesar Sanchez, who spoke with Local 10's Roy Ramos from his hospital bed on Friday, said he was shot in the back while being robbed by a former client and another culprit who returned to the shop under the guise of finishing a tattoo session.
Miami-Dade police identified those men Tuesday as Elijah Young and Nathaniel Sweeting, both 18.
Police said at some point during the tattoo session, both Young and Sweeting, along with Sanchez and the other store employee went to the back of the business for a smoke break.
