“Grandma, I’ve Been Shot” Said Girl Hurt In Gang Related Mass Shooting

NORTH MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Fourteen people have been shot and two are dead in what may be one of the worst mass shootings in South Florida history.

The shooting took place around 9:30 p.m. outside the Funeraria Latina Emanuel funeral home at 14990 W. Dixie Highway Friday night.

One of the victims, a 43-year-old man, died outside the funeral home, authorities said. The other, a 27-year-old man, died at the hospital. Witnesses at the funeral home had said one of the two people killed was shot in the chest.

A 5-year-old girl, identified by her family as Mckayla Bazile, was shot in the leg and hospitalized at Jackson Memorial Hospital along with eleven other victims.

Mckayla’s grandmother told CBS4’s Maggie Newland that the girl has a bullet lodged in her leg bone that doctors do not plan on removing, however, she should fully recover. The grandmother said she was on the phone with Mckayla when the barrage of bullets began and the girl said, “Grandma, I’ve been shot.”

Aventura Police Sgt. Chris Goranitis told CBS4 News the funeral was for 21-year-old Morvin Andre who died on March 16th, one day after he jumped from the 4th to 2nd floor of the Aventura Mall parking garage in an effort to escape pursuit by Bloomingdale’s loss prevention employees.

The Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide because he chose to jump rather than be apprehended, according to Goranitis.

Meantime, a senior police commander told CBS4 investigative reporter Jim DeFede that Andre had some connection to several South Florida gangs and some of those gang members were in attendance at his wake to pay their respects.

The commander said someone at the wake touched Andre’s body in the casket in a way that other gangs took as disrespectful. This led to an argument inside the funeral home which spilled out to the street.

Members of one gang retrieved an assault rifle and a handgun from a car and opened fire at other gang members in front of the funeral home, according to the CBS4 source.

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I suppose the security guards that chased this guy are to blame for this..

Hey. What can you expect from gang mentalities?

It wouldn't surprise me if Granny was a gang-banger.

and now it is time to punish responsible Gunowners for that travesty again,I suppose!

I have a novel idea.

Take guns out of the hands of gang-bangers.

Oh, I forget. It's much easier and less dangerous to attack the common citizen.

Yeah... combating the illegal firearms in the hands of thugs is not going to win you political points..

its better to attack law abiding citizens and the right to protect themselves..

you have to give the advantage to the disadvantaged..

its social justice..

gangs,, since the beginning of time

they are like civilian armies,, protecting their form of governing and their territory


without 'legal' authority to do so,,,no doubt they will be prosecuted,,,,,,as they should be,,,

so,Drive-By-Shootings is Protecting Your Own now?

collateral damage,,,,

the parallels are there,,,

doesnt make it right though,, just adding a different perspective

They probably bought the guns thru Owe-Bummers flunky Eric Holder during fast and furious.... Those guns are turning up everywhere in gang related events these days..... GOOD JOB ERIC!

I would say they are more similar to organized crime..

They use violence to protect their rackets that take place on their "turf"..