DANIA BEACH, Fla. – A few days after a shooting, two families were grieving and another was in anguish on Saturday afternoon in South Florida.
One lost Syed Nabigh Ali, a 5th-grade student who enjoyed playing chess and died after going out with his brother because he wanted ice cream.
Another family lost Darren Rosenthal, 29, who deputies considered a murder suspect.
On Thursday night, Rosenthal fired a weapon injuring a man, who had to be hospitalized, and killing Syed before killing himself, according to Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives, who did not release the identity of the man injured.
The shootings were at about 11:15 p.m., at the 7-Eleven store, at 800 Stirling Road, in Dania Beach. Syed’s older brother, Syed Talaal Ali, said on Friday that his brother was 11 years old.
“It just breaks my heart to know that I was there with him when it happened and I couldn’t do anything,” he said. “Honestly, he was a very kind and loving person and there was no one who hated him, everyone loved him.”
The boy’s Islamic funeral and burial were on Friday at the Muslim Cemetery of Miami-Dade, at 17551 NW 137 Ave., near Hialeah.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477
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