NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A bride-to-be is grieving after police officers found Hershy Schwartz dead near his parked car behind a fast food restaurant on Sunday in North Miami Beach.
Rosie Brutowsky said Schwartz, 39, was the love of her life, and they were both looking forward to getting married in New York.
“I feel empty without him,” Brutowsky said. “My heart was completely ripped out ... I love him and I can’t live without him.”
Tzvi “Steve” Bogomilsky, an entrepreneur who had hired Schwartz in Miami-Dade County, said he had told him he was set to travel to New York soon to prepare for his wedding on March 1.
The crime scene was at the Wendy’s at 25 NE 167th St., just west of Interstate 95 and north of the Golden Glades Branch Library. Detectives suspect a robber shot him.
“It was not unusual for him to just hang out in his car [to] have a little alone time. He enjoyed it,” Bogomilsky said. “Many times I had seen him like that.”
Schwartz had volunteered as a first responder for the William P. Faist Volunteer Ambulance, and the Brewer Fire Engine Company No. One, Inc., in New York.
“He was the nicest person,” Brutowsky said. “He hurt at the thought if he hurt me. He couldn’t hurt a fly if you paid him to.”
Bogomilsky said Schwartz had worked for him in construction as a heavy machinery operator.
“If I asked him to do something, it didn’t make a difference. No matter what, he would do it, and it wasn’t just for me. He would do it for anybody,” Bogomilsky said.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
“Whoever did this, I hope the law goes after him to the fullest extent,” Bogomilsky said.
Location