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Brafman told police that “while he was driving his truck, he
saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both,” according to his arrest report. He was captured on surveillance footage making a U-turn toward the victims’ vehicle, getting out and firing as it passed, police said.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Police say a Miami Beach man was arrested on Saturday for opening fire on another vehicle and striking two people inside, later telling detectives he shot the pair because he “saw two Palestinians.”
The shooting happened on Pine Tree Drive, just north of 48th Street, at approximately 9:30 p.m.
According to an arrest report, Mordechai Brafman, 27, was seen on surveillance video driving south on Alton Road and then making a U-turn at 48th Street before driving by the victim’s vehicle, which was in the left lane, and stopping directly in front of them in the right lane.
Man shoots 2 he thought were 'Palestinians', but they were actually Israelis, cops say
Police said Brafman got out of his car but stayed on the driver’s side and waited for the victim’s car to pass by, firing off 17 shots at the car as it did. They said one of the victims was shot in the shoulder and the other was grazed on the arm.
According to authorities, the shooting was unprovoked and the victims and Brafman did not know each other.
Brafman was taken into custody soon after the shooting when he was located further along the 4800 block of Pine Tree Drive.
In his arrest form, police said that Brafman “spontaneously stated that while he was driving his truck, he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both.”
The pair, who are a father and son — and who are actually Israelis — spoke to Local 10 News on Sunday evening.
“It was a truck passing next to (us),” Ari Revay said in Hebrew, with his cousin translating. “‘Boom, boom, boom’ and he randomly started shooting.”
Revay added, “He put the window down, driver’s seat and just blasted (us).
Revay’s father said Brafman tried shooting them from the back of his car. The bullet “went through right next to (my) ear because (I) was the driver,” he said through his relative.
“God, life is a gift,” Ari Revay said, “happy” and thankful to still be alive.
“I don’t know what he was feeling in that moment, and he just gone and tried to kill them,” he added.
Brafman is facing two charges of attempted second-degree mur
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