‘He was no damn thug’: Family members say they want ‘justice’ for 24-year-old killed by deputy

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Family members of Kristofer Lazaro Laboy held a news conference Thursday afternoon, demanding answers in the 24-year-old’s shooting death by a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy two days prior.

According to MDSO, Deputy Kelvin Cox, who’s spent more than two decades on the force, shot and killed Laboy outside of a building within the Sunset Palm Villas Association complex, located just outside the Miami city limits at Northwest 85th Street Road and Fourth Court.

According to the agency, the shooting came after deputies with MDSO’s Robbery Intervention Detail tried to pull over a yellow Chevrolet Corvette with dark tints…

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