MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – Surveillance video captures a South Florida man moments earlier than, police mentioned, he opened fireplace on two males he thought have been Palestinian however have been truly Israeli, sending each victims to the hospital.
Based on Miami Seaside Police, Mordechai Brafman is the person seen within the safety footage. Detectives mentioned the 27-year-old fired greater than a dozen photographs at males he’d by no means met in an upscale part of town’s Pine Tree Drive, Feb. 15.
Space residents spoke with 7News shortly after the capturing.
“Have a look at all of the police,” mentioned a neighbor.
“Fairly intense,” mentioned one other neighbor.
The surprising, high-profile incident unfolded alongside the 4800 block of Pine Tree Drive.
Surveillance video obtained completely by 7News exhibits a black pickup, allegedly pushed by the shooter, who hadd simply made a U-turn so he might fireplace at his targets, detectives mentioned.
The surveillance video exhibits a automobile the place, police mentioned, the victims have been using because it approached the truck
Based on the arrest kind, “The defendant then exited his automobile and remained on the driving force’s facet. Because the victims have been driving previous him, the defendant shot on the victims’ automobile seventeen (17) occasions, unprovoked, placing each victims.”
Whereas the surveillance video doesn’t document the capturing, it exhibits the victims dashing away, earlier than the suspected triggerman seems to nervously tempo.
Different safety footage exhibits the victims parking close by, panicked and with gunshot wounds, as they received out of their automobile, ran and checked themselves for accidents.
In the meantime, the arrest kind states, “The defendant then drove to 4887 Pine Tree Drive, the place he was taken into custody by responding officers.”
Brafman was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree tried homicide.
The suspect spoke with 7News again in December, as he known as for peace within the wake of antisemitic vandalism at an area bagel store.
“I’d like to see some unity and folks coming collectively,” he mentioned on the time.
However on the evening of Feb. 15, the arrest report states, Brafman “spontaneously acknowledged that whereas he was driving his truck, he noticed two (2) Palestinians and shot and killed each.”
Neither sufferer was killed, investigators mentioned, and neither was Palestinian, however Jewish males from Israel, a father and son, who suffered wounds to the arm and shoulder. They have been on trip once they got here underneath fireplace.
One of many victims, Ari Rabi, spoke with 7News about his unfriendly encounter with the suspect.
“[I said], ‘Assist me, assist me, assist me, assist me,’” he mentioned as he waved his palms.
Brafman is being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart in West Miami-Dade.
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