MIAMI — A new lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the killing of a teenage boy inside a Miami condo building.
According to police, 17-year-old Dominic Ferrell was killed early in the morning on June 8 on the 34th floor of the Icon Brickell building.
Ferrell’s parents filed a $50,000 negligent security wrongful death lawsuit against Icon on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County.
The lawsuit claims the building’s owners and managers failed to provide adequate protection, calling the killing preventable.
Police said officers responded to the Icon Residences around 2:15 a.m. that morning and found the victim with multiple stab wounds. Ferrell was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect, 26-year-old Kyrill R. Kehl, followed two men into an elevator inside the building as the men used their key card to get to the 47th floor, police said.
It’s possible Kehl used a stairwell to make his way down to the 34th floor, according to police, after which he checked various door handles before arriving to the victim’s unit, which was unlocked.
Police said Kehl stabbed Ferrell to death as the teen was sleeping in his bedroom. According to authorities, surveillance video shows Kehl fleeing the scene after the stabbing.
He then entered an adjacent building that was under construction before falling to his death, officers said.
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