‘I watched them kill my son’

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Lewis circle of relatives is grieving and they would like solutions.

Through tears, Angela Lewis stated she was once house in Miami Gardens when she felt her circle of relatives was once at risk ahead of her son was once killed on Thursday evening.

“My daughter was beating on the back door saying someone was chasing them from the store,” Lewis stated including her daughter was once along with her cousin.

Lewis stated her son, David Lewis, who’s a father of 2, died attempting to give protection to his circle of relatives from an unknown risk, close to Northwest 161 Street and 27 Place.

“He just took two steps off the back porch and they shot him five times,” Lewis stated on Friday.

The shooters have been undercover Miami Gardens cops and federal brokers with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives who have been investigating gang task within the town after a number of shootings.

“I watched them kill my son,” Lewis stated.

David Lewis was once 27. There have been two firearms subsequent to his frame, police stated. The grieving mom stated he was once a registered gun proprietor.

Jafari Russel witnessed all of it. He stated he was once riding the auto that regulation enforcement adopted at about 11 p.m., and all of it can have been averted if the cops had recognized themselves.

“No police lights on; just tinted-up vehicles,” Russel stated. “I am terrified for my life! There are three cars; black tinted-up cars chasing us.”

Miami Gardens Chief Delma Noel-Pratt stated the regulation enforcement crew was once doing a “pro-active” element and so they have been shot at ahead of they determined to go back fireplace.

“For them to be so brazen to fire upon our law enforcement officials, two of my officers took it upon themselves to go ahead, and fire their weapon,” Noel-Pratt stated.

The FBI took the lead within the investigation of the police-involved taking pictures. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was once additionally in touch.