Family mourns hardworking father killed by 2 teens in Coral Gables shooting

Source: WPLG

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – For Jorge Romero Gil, family was everything.

He was the patriarch, the hero. The reason his wife and daughters were here in the states.

“Great father, a lovely father,” said Romero Gil’s daughter, Erika Romero. “A father that works really hard for his family.”

Romero said Romero Gil came from Colombia some 25 years ago. He worked hard, saved money and eventually brought them all over.

According to police, while Romero Gil was working a maintenance job in Coral Gables, two teenagers, 18-year-old Gary Ragin and 17-year-old Jermaine Walker, followed Romero Gil into a loading dock near Miracle Wile and Galiano Street.

At gunpoint, the teens demanded Romero Gil’s belongings and after getting them, police say the teens shot him anyway before running away.

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