A father, who is accused of fatally shooting his 22-year-old son, confessed to the killing on Ring doorbell footage moments later.
David De Jesus Contreras, 52, shot his son Eric Contreras in the head in Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County in November last year.
In the aftermath of the shocking violence, Contreras spoke to his wife outside the property trough the doorbell before being arrested.
‘Is he alive? Is he breathing?’ asked his wife.
‘He’s not breathing. He’s dead. The fighting on the way home was unbearable, we got here and it was one second to the next,’ Contreras said through tears.
David De Jesus Contreras, spoke to his wife outside the property trough the doorbell before being arrested
Police officers’ bodycam footage captured a second confession minutes later
David De Jesus Contreras, 52, shot his son Eric Contreras (pictured) in the head in Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County in November
The father and son argued about Eric’s social plans, before the father shot his son.
Minutes later, police arrive at the property and officer’s bodycam footage captured a second confession.
‘I just shot my son,’ Contreras wails as armed police make their way over to him in the driveway.
‘Walk right in, he’s there, 10 feet in,’ Contreras tells officers as he kneels on the ground.
Officers arrested the father and took him to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where he was held without bond.
Contreras appeared in court for his arraignment hearing before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Daryl Trawick last November at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Allapattah.
Officers arrested the father and took him to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where he was held without bond
He pled not guilty to a second-degree murder charge, Local 10 reported.
Contreras appeared in court again on Thursday for bond consideration hearing.
The judge ruled that he would continue to be held without bond until his next court appearance, scheduled for March 11.