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Over five tense minutes caught on a video camera in a Miami parking garage at a strip mall, a one-time gang member hides his handgun, then chats with his friend before pulling a weapon. hrld.us/2XM86ym
His victim begs for his life. Then, the shooter blasts away at close range.
The video was stunningly clear. “Might as well be on an iMax theater,” a police interrogator tells suspect David Paneque during hour-long questioning.
Paneque did not know that a restaurant owner in the strip mall had quietly installed a video surveillance system atop the garage to monitor his car after it had been vandalized, cops say.
Brutal video evidence aside, it might rank as a typical South Florida murder, except that the accused gunman was supposed to have been deported nearly two years ago. Immigration authorities had to release him to the streets instead.
Now, the Miami murder case could add to a national immigration debate that has become highly politicized. Read the full story here: hrld.us/2XM86ym #ReadLocal
