A tourist was fatally shot in Florida Tuesday evening after a stranger approached his family and opened fire.
Dustin Wakefield, 21, of Colorado, was dining at an outdoor Miami Beach café with his wife and 1-year-old son when he was shot multiple times.
A Miami Beach park ranger said he witnessed the moments leading up to Tuesday’s shooting, according to the police report. The ranger alleged that before approaching Wakefield, the suspect was chasing another man. The suspect began firing his gun, and at some point during the chaos, aimed it at Wakefield.
The other man was not harmed, police confirm.
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The police report also states that Davis claimed to have chosen his targets randomly.
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WSVN spoke to witnessesTuesday, who claimed that Davis was “smiling and laughing the whole time that he was shooting” and that he began dancing over Wakefield’s body after shooting him.
Cellphone footage circulating on social media appears to show Davis dancing on the café patio while people can be heard screaming in the background.
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“There are few words in the English language that can convey the depth of Dustin’s love and generosity,” Wakefield’s father and stepmother, Matt and Angela Wakefield, wrotein a statement to KMGH. “For us, his family, he was the best son/brother/uncle/cousin/nephew/grandson you could ask for. His heart always put others first, even from a young age.”
They continued: “We take great pride and comfort in the fact that we were blessed with the man who stepped in front of the bullet to save others. He has always been and he will continue to be our hero.”
Wakefield and his family were visiting Florida this week for vacation. AGoFundMe pagehas been set up to support the family.
source: people.com
