Gay Couple Shot In Miami After Kissing In Their Car
February 16, 2020A gay couple in Miami has been shot after kissing in their car. Three people were injured by the gunshots, including a lesbian couple and a woman.
Clive Khouri said that he and his friend were in their car when they were ambushed by several men. Khouri then tried to drive away but their attackers followed them and continued shooting.
“When I tried to speed off to come around this corner, they kept trying to shoot, shoot, shoot,” Khouri said.
He suspects it was an anti-gay hate crime: “Some of the guys probably saw us kissing in the car.”
Khouri’s friend was shot in the head and was directly taken to the hospital in critical condition.
42-year-old Shakena Jefferson’s head was grazed by two stray bullets, as she was sitting in a car parked in front of her house. “My wife got shot in the head,” said Janet Medley, Jefferson’s wife.
“Two bullets went straight off her head, and I was standing here by my daughter’s car.
“She’s afraid, she feels like the bullet is still in her head,” Medley said. “The bullets were just flying across my ear. I can just hear them ringing in my ears.”
Jefferson is home from the hospital and still in pain from her injuries.
Police found the three injured people when they arrived on the scene. They said that the cars were riddled with bullets.
“We don’t have too much information as to who these individuals may be but obviously we’re asking the community that if anybody may have heard or seen anything, regardless of how minor it may be, contact Crime Stoppers or investigators,” Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said.
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