Father of six dies after car riddled with bullets in West Perrine
MIAMI - A car was riddled with bullets, its driver killed, in an early morning shooting in West Perrine.
It happened in the 10100 block of W Hibiscus Street.
The family of the man who died identified him as Calvin Daye. They said he was in his late 20s and the father of six.
They said Daye was leaving his sister's house just before 3 a.m. when his car was shot up.
He lost control, drove through the median, hit a sign, and then came to a stop in front of a house about a block away. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
A woman who lives in the home next to where the car came to a stop said she was the one who called 911.
"I went to the door and this car had hit a sign, and ran into the bushes on Hibiscus Street, and went up into my next-door neighbor's yard. When I looked at the car, I dialed 911 cause I saw gunshots in the passenger side and the back window was shot completely out," she said.
Mark Harris runs a gun violence prevention program in West Perrine. He knew Dayle and called him a good man.
"I think it's senseless. A life is very precious. You can take a life but you can't give a life. So how can you take other's peoples lives? How can you do that?" he said.
Daye's family said they have many questions, like who did this and was he targeted. They said they wouldn't rest until they got answers.
