Police have identified the gunman who shot and killed a woman and her 4-year-old son before turning the gun on himself outside a Chase Bank in West Kendall last week.
The shooter was identified by Miami-Dade Police Monday as 41-year-old Michael Andres Pineda Lozano.
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WATCH HEREAccording to police, Odalys Bancroft, 43, was driving a minivan with her son in the back when she pulled up to the ATM at the bank in the area of Southwest 152nd Avenue and Bird Road around 7:30 a.m. Friday.
That's when police said Lozano pulled up next to her in an SUV and opened fire, killing the her and the boy.
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Police said he then killed himself.
According to police, Lozano was Bancroft's ex-boyfriend.
“There were some concerns about him, but nothing that stuck out like this," said Bancroft's brother, Michael Trujillo. "They were going through a breakup, but no signs that I was aware of that there was fear like that."
Trujillo said his sister was kind-hearted and empathetic.
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Bancroft was the director of regulatory affairs at Jackson Health System. She joined the hospital system in 2015, beginning her career as a clinical staff nurse, and eventually worked in leadership roles at Holtz Children’s Hospital.
Her son, 4-year-old Theodore Couto, was known as Teddy, and recently graduated from PreK-4. He would have turned five next month.
Video of the incident that was filmed by a witness and obtained by NBC6 showed the gunman opening fire. NBC6 paused the video before the gunshot.
Family members said the couple broke up last month, and according to court records obtained by NBC6, it's not the first relationship that ended for Lozano. In 2018, his ex-wife and him filed for divorce, but they didn’t go through with it. In 2020, a divorce was filed again and this time it became official.
“Never in a million years would I expect anything like this to happen,” Trujillo said. “I just can't imagine any situation that would bring a normal person to do this sort of thing to a woman and her child."
Teddy’s father was at the scene Friday, frantic, as police tried to console him. NBC6 reached out to Teddy’s father and his family and they do not want to comment.
A GoFundMe page has been created to support Odalys and Theodore's family.
