Jewish man in Miami shoots two he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be a Jewish father & son visiting from Israel.
CBS — A man is facing serious charges following accusations of opening fire on a vehicle after he saw "two Palestinians" in a shooting in Miami Beach this weekend, arrest documents said.
Mordechai Brafman, 27, was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder for Saturday night's shooting.
Around 9:30 p.m., surveillance video captured Brafman's truck traveling south on Pine Tree Drive and making a U-turn at 48th Street, where the victims' vehicle was stopped just north of 48th in the left lane.
At this point, Brafman drove by and stopped directly in front of them in the right lane, where he exited his vehicle and shot at the victim's vehicle "17 times, unprovoked, striking both victims" as they passed him, the arrest documents said.
One victim was shot in the left shoulder while the other's left forearm was grazed by a bullet. According to the arrest documents, the victims' statements were consistent with the surveillance video and neither the victims or Brafman knew each other at the time of the shooting.
Brafman then drove to an area near 4887 Pine Tree Dr., where he was then taken into custody by responding officers.
At the request of Brafman's attorney, he was not interviewed on the incident. However, the arrest documents noted that while he was in custody, Brafman spontaneously said that while he was driving his truck, "he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both."
WSVN— Brafman is so stranger to 7News. More than a year ago, he was interviewed after a bagel shop in Miami Beach that was displaying the Israeli flag was vandalized.
Miami Herald — 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.
CBS — A man is facing serious charges following accusations of opening fire on a vehicle after he saw "two Palestinians" in a shooting in Miami Beach this weekend, arrest documents said.
Mordechai Brafman, 27, was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder for Saturday night's shooting.
Around 9:30 p.m., surveillance video captured Brafman's truck traveling south on Pine Tree Drive and making a U-turn at 48th Street, where the victims' vehicle was stopped just north of 48th in the left lane.
At this point, Brafman drove by and stopped directly in front of them in the right lane, where he exited his vehicle and shot at the victim's vehicle "17 times, unprovoked, striking both victims" as they passed him, the arrest documents said.
One victim was shot in the left shoulder while the other's left forearm was grazed by a bullet. According to the arrest documents, the victims' statements were consistent with the surveillance video and neither the victims or Brafman knew each other at the time of the shooting.
Brafman then drove to an area near 4887 Pine Tree Dr., where he was then taken into custody by responding officers.
At the request of Brafman's attorney, he was not interviewed on the incident. However, the arrest documents noted that while he was in custody, Brafman spontaneously said that while he was driving his truck, "he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both."
WSVN— Brafman is so stranger to 7News. More than a year ago, he was interviewed after a bagel shop in Miami Beach that was displaying the Israeli flag was vandalized.
Miami Herald — 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.