Family Seeks Answers After Loved One Gunned Down In Fort Lauderdale

By Anna McAllister, CBS Miami

January 5, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE - The family of 30-year-old Ivan DeJesus is entering 2024 brokenhearted.

"He was supposed to be in my backyard for New Year's, doing fireworks, and he wasn't. The only thing we had was a picture of him lit with a candle, and that's it," said Mercedes Marte, Ivan's sister-in-law.

Last April, Ivan was gunned down at a party at an Airbnb on the 4700 block of NE 18th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

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