The authorities published fragments of the 911 phone call made on November 3 by the brother of Eric Contreras, the 21-year-old young man who was murdered by his own father, of Cuban origin, in an incident that occurred in the family home. in Kendall, Miami-Dade County.
The call to the emergency room was made by the victim’s brother, who was not at home at the time of the incident and who only knew that something serious had happened because his father called him “crazy” to tell him to come home.
“Tell me exactly what happened?”, the operator is heard asking, a question to which the young man answers distressed: “Someone’s been shot. I don’t know. My dad’s calling crazy.”
During the dialogue, the young man – named David Contrera like his father – clarifies that he was not there, that he was in his car on the way to Disney World and that his father called him urgently to tell him to return home.
The operator tells him that the officers and a team of paramedics are already on the way, but he tries in vain to find out what happened, as the young man responds: “I don’t know. I’m going crazy. I don’t know.”
“What did they tell you?” the dispatcher insists and Contreras answers: “All my mom told me was that someone was shot, because my mom is in Orlando right now and my dad is at home with my brother. Someone got shot. I don’t know what’s going on.”
“My dad called me screaming, telling me to come home, come home. Then I hung up and my mom called me saying someone was shot, I don’t know who. Then I hung up and called 911. She said someone’s dead. “I don’t know what’s going on. I’m trying to… I hope it’s not my brother,” said the young man, who is then heard saying: “They told me they’re going to call me to see what’s going on, but no one has called me.” “I need to know if my brother is alive.”
According to the arrest report, David Contreras, 52, shot his son several times, for reasons that have not yet been revealed.
When officers arrived at 10703 Southwest 84th Avenue in Miami-Dade, they found Eric Contreras with several gunshot wounds. The young man, who was a student at Florida International University (FIU), was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the father’s lawyer, the young man had mental health problems and was undergoing treatment, and apparently it is through this means that the defense will try to obtain arguments in favor of its client.
However, no information has emerged detailing that the mental condition of the deceased young man was fragile, nor details of what happened that Friday, November 3, in the home, which led to such a tragic outcome.
The event took place at 10703 SW 84 Ave., a quiet Kendall neighborhood near Pinecrest.
This Monday, David Contrera pleaded, through his lawyer, “not guilty” to second-degree murder. The Cuban’s next hearing was set for 10:30 am on December 22. That day the defense will ask that Contrera be released on bail.
His defense, which assures that the accused is very depressed and will ask the judge to consider releasing him on bail even though he is accused of a serious crime.
