MIAMI – Doral City Council pushed forward an ordinance restricting alcohol sales one month after a shooting inside Martini Bar Doral wounded seven people and killed two others, including a security guard.
The council voted 5 to 1 in favor of a proposal pushed by Council Member Maureen Porras Wednesday evening. A similar measure proposed by Mayor Christi Fraga failed to get enough support.
The mayor named her proposed ordinance after George Castellanos , a 23-year-old security guard killed trying to break up a fight at CityPlace Doral. Castellanos was just weeks away from graduating with his bachelor’s degree.
His parents went to the meeting expecting the council to agree on changes to improve safety at bars, nightclubs and entertainment venues in the city.
“I hope this can turn into metal detectors (for security guards), vests for them, so something like what happened (to us) won’t happen to anybody else,” said Janine Castellanos, mother of gunned down security guard George Castellanos.