MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police are investigating a domestic shooting that happened early Friday morning and now a mother is grieving the loss of her son.
The shooting was reported in the 11000 block of Southwest 243rd Street, police said.
According to Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, a police department spokesman, an argument between family members escalated into a shooting.
“Just pop, pop, pop, pop – then they stopped for a little bit, then they kept going,” Eduardo Perez, who lives nearby, told Local 10 News.
Perez said he heard a car drive by before the shots rang out down the street from his house.
An 18-year-old man was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center in critical condition but died from his injuries, according to Zabaleta.
Lunch report:
An 18-year-old man is dead and a 17-year-old girl is hospitalized after a shooting in southwest Miami-Dade.
The 18-year-old’s mother identified him as Jairo Lara-Garcia. She said he was an aspiring rapper.
“I wish I had gone,” Sandra Monzon said. “I wish it was me. I wish you had shot me instead of my son.
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Monsón is referring to her recently estranged husband, Lara-Garcia’s stepfather.
“He was my son and I trusted this man in my house,” Monzon said. “He was my husband. I had another child with him. I never thought it would do this to my son.
Monzon said she and her husband had separated days earlier because of what she described as ongoing violence.
She said her son offered to go collect the money due at an appointment and he drove to the house where his stepfather was staying. Lara-Garcia’s friend joined Hello.
Police say they got into an argument and things quickly escalated
Lara-Garcia was hit, as was his girlfriend, and their car crashed down the street.
Police quickly raided the area and then detained the stepfather, who has not been identified.
Lara-Garcia’s girlfriend, 17, was transported to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in stable condition.
Local 10 News visited the home where the shooting happened.
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“We wish it never happened. That’s it,” said a man who opened the door, apologizing for what had happened.
A car apparently connected to the crime was partially covered with a yellow tarp and pushed up against a metal gate. The car was eventually towed.
People living nearby say the situation was terrifying.
“I felt unsafe in my neighborhood, to be honest,” Perez said.
Lara-Garcia’s heartbroken mother is now left with questions.
“He took my son away,” Monzon said. “My son had many dreams.”
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