Mom of slain UPS driver says she didn't come to this country 'for my son to be killed.'
He had recently started driving a new route, according to his parents. His truck was hijacked by two men who had attempted an armed robbery on a South Florida jewelry store. Ordoñez was still inside the vehicle when authorities launched a two-county, rush-hour police chase that ended in a shootout between authorities and the suspects. Four people were killed, including the suspects and Ordoñez.
It's unclear whose gunfire hit Ordoñez. The FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined state and local police in investigating the incident. "I can't believe they killed my son. I came to this country for a better life, not for my son to be killed," said Apolinario, an Ecuadorian immigrant living in Hialeah, Florida.
Apolinario said her son had bought all the Christmas decorations for her home and had stayed up all night alongside his two daughters putting them up. Now, every time she looks at them, she is reminded of the tragedy that cost him his life. The mother said she has watched news footage"over and over" of the gunfire that ended the incident."He wasn't even given a chance," she said.
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