FLORIDA CITY, Fla. – Two people were injured Monday morning in a drive-by shooting in Florida City, including a 2-year-old boy.
Loved ones identified the boy to Local 10 News as 2-year-old Makai Louissaint.
The shooting was reported outside a home in the area of Southwest Sixth Place near 10th Street.
His mother Medjani Raymond said she is just happy he’s going to be okay.
“He will be able to walk again so that’s all I’m grateful for,” she said. “He could’ve got hit anywhere and died right there, but it was on his leg and he will be fine.”
Makai’s relatives told Local 10 News reporter Parker Branton that they were sitting outside their home when a car pulled up and someone inside began shooting at them.
They said Makai was shot in the leg.
“We were all trying to get inside the house, and when we got in the house, we seen the baby shot,” Makai’s aunt, Teri Louissaint, said.
Louissaint said she believes they were targeted.
“I feel like all of us were being targeted -- this was a life or death situation,” she said.
Makai was airlifted to Kendall Regional Medical Center and the other victim was taken to Jackson South Medical Center.
Loved ones said Makai is expected to undergo surgery and is doing OK.
Meanwhile, the house that was apparently the target of the shooting was not the other thing hit. A white van next door was struck by more than 10 bullets and a black Nissan Rogue nearby was also riddled with bullets.
“It was right in front of us from what we could hear. That’s why I jumped up when I got scared,” Kathleen Luna, whose car was one of the many damaged, said.
Anyone with further information about the shooting is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.