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A 17-shot fusillade from a shooter with a semiautomatic handgun sent two people to the hospital after an encounter Saturday night in Miami Beach, police said.
As to what ignited such an attack on Pine Tree Drive, the arrest form details Mordechai Brafman in the police interview room, “spontaneously stated that while he was driving his truck, he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both.”
Brafman didn’t kill anybody. One person was shot in the left shoulder, police added, the other person got a grazed forearm. Law enforcement sources didn’t say whether or not the people shot were Palestinians, only that they’re visiting from Israel.
The Instagram account South_Florida_Simchas, which posts about Jewish life, posted a selfie video that showed a bullet in a man’s left shoulder and stated the victims were an Israeli father and son and neither are Palestinian.
As of Sunday evening, Brafman remained in Miami-Dade Corrections Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after his arrest on two counts of attempted second degree murder.
The married 27-year-old Collins Avenue condominium owner gave “plumber” as his occupation to arresting officers and is listed in state corporate records as the authorized representative of North Miami-Dade’s White Collar Plumbing.
Around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, video from street surveillance cameras showed Brafman’s truck heading south on Pine Tree Drive, then making a U-Turn at 48th Street and stopping in the right lane, according to the arrest report. Behind the truck and in the left lane, just north of 48th Street, was another car.
“[Brafman] then exited his vehicle and remained on the driver’s side,” the report said. “As the victims were driving past him, [Brafman] shot at the victim’s vehicle 17 times, unprovoked, striking both victims.”
Police cuffed Brafman at 4887 Pine Tree Drive. Brafman’s attorney, the arrest report said, advised him to indulge in his right to remain silent rather than answer questions about the video.
This story was originally published February 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM.
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A 17-shot fusillade from a shooter with a semiautomatic handgun sent two people to the hospital after an encounter Saturday night in Miami Beach, police said.
As to what ignited such an attack on Pine Tree Drive, the arrest form details Mordechai Brafman in the police interview room, “spontaneously stated that while he was driving his truck, he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both.”
Brafman didn’t kill anybody. One person was shot in the left shoulder, police added, the other person got a grazed forearm. Law enforcement sources didn’t say whether or not the people shot were Palestinians, only that they’re visiting from Israel.
The Instagram account South_Florida_Simchas, which posts about Jewish life, posted a selfie video that showed a bullet in a man’s left shoulder and stated the victims were an Israeli father and son and neither are Palestinian.
As of Sunday evening, Brafman remained in Miami-Dade Corrections Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after his arrest on two counts of attempted second degree murder.
The married 27-year-old Collins Avenue condominium owner gave “plumber” as his occupation to arresting officers and is listed in state corporate records as the authorized representative of North Miami-Dade’s White Collar Plumbing.
Around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, video from street surveillance cameras showed Brafman’s truck heading south on Pine Tree Drive, then making a U-Turn at 48th Street and stopping in the right lane, according to the arrest report. Behind the truck and in the left lane, just north of 48th Street, was another car.
“[Brafman] then exited his vehicle and remained on the driver’s side,” the report said. “As the victims were driving past him, [Brafman] shot at the victim’s vehicle 17 times, unprovoked, striking both victims.”
Police cuffed Brafman at 4887 Pine Tree Drive. Brafman’s attorney, the arrest report said, advised him to indulge in his right to remain silent rather than answer questions about the video.
This story was originally published February 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM.
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