Richard Rainey heard a rumor of a shooting in an apartment near his on Wednesday night. This was just after he heard what sounded liked a series of fireworks and saw a burgundy red door slightly ajar. He entered and witnessed a sight he’s not likely to forget: Bodies lying in pools of blood on the floor, including a child’s.
“I’m glad I didn’t see any more,” Rainey said. “There was a massacre in there.”
Sometime before 7:40 p.m., Stephen McKenzie, 34, shot and killed 32-year-old Julie Cruz and their two 2-year-old sons, Nova and Emery McKenzie, at an apartment complex in Pembroke Park, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Cruz’s two other children, 11-year-old Xion Solomon and 8-year-old Phiinyx Solomon, were also shot…