One among the boys killed within the shootings during spring break in Miami Beach has been identified as a 21-year-old Georgia college student described by his brother as a “warrior” and “scholar.”
Jordan Idahosa, a student at South Georgia State College in Valdosta, was shot dead Friday night on South Beach’s Ocean Drive, the primary of two fatal shootings over the weekend within the spring break destination, WALB reported.
“Jordan was a special guy. He went from being homeschooled to being a scholar,” Jordan’s brother, Sammy Idahosa, told the news outlet.
“There’s hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of memories of me and Jordan. We grew up three years apart, and we practically did every little thing together. He’s like my twin brother,” he added.
He described his brother as a “warrior” who “still is in spirit.”
“Jordan was the primary Idahosa to depart from us. It doesn’t feel real,” Sammy said.
One among Jordan’s friends described what happened when shots rang out, killing him and injuring one other person.
“My friend had called me to see where I used to be at, and I turned around for like 10 seconds. After that, all you heard was gunshots. I actually didn’t know who it was. I couldn’t see anything,” Javon Johnson told WALB.
Police called the shooting an isolated incident and said that they’ve arrested one one who is cooperating within the investigation.
Two days later in a separate incident, a gunman opened fire on one other reveler at Ocean Drive and eleventh Street using a stolen handgun.
Dontavious Polk, 24, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder after he allegedly ran from the crime scene and ditched the weapon along the best way, officials said.
Police called the attack a “targeted and isolated incident.”
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber has slammed spring break in his community within the wake of the bloodshed.
“We don’t ask for spring break in our city. We don’t want spring break in our city. It’s too rowdy, it brings an excessive amount of disorder and it’s just too difficult to police,” he said.
On Sunday, the mayor imposed a strict curfew and banned the sale of alcohol after a certain hours, amongst other measures, in some parts of town.
“It is evident that even an unprecedented police presence couldn’t prevent these incidents from occurring,” Gelber said. “The amount of individuals in our city, the unruly nature of too many, and the presence of guns has created a peril that can’t go unchecked.”
