Cyclist Shot Dead In Crown Heights Was Doting Father: Report

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The cyclist shot dead in Crown Heights early Tuesday was a doting father who helped raise his siblings after the death of his mother, according to reports.

Juavoni St. Victor, 26, was shot in the head while riding a bike just before 2 a.m. and died at Kings County Hospital, according to police and a Daily News report.

His son's mom, Miesha, told Patch that he was a good father to their five-year-old son.

"He was very family oriented, just loved his son unconditionally. He had a good spirit," she said.

Relatives told the Daily News that despite past charges and being on parole at the time of his killing, St. Victor was not into a life of crime.

“Great guy…no gang member,” a friend named Jorge told Daily News reporters. “Not into that life, not into violence at all. His son loved him dearly.”

“That’s not who he was,” Jorge said. “He was a very family-oriented guy. He loved everybody. He loved us. There’s nothing that he wouldn’t do for anybody. If he had one dollar to his name he would give it to you.”

“We’re just shocked,” St. Victor’s aunt, Michelle Bradshaw, reportedly said. “He’s like the head of the family.”

Bradshaw said that St. Victor was working hard to ensure his five-year-old son could tackle a speech impediment, working closely with his school's principal, according to the Daily News.

“She doesn’t know what she’s gonna tell her kid. His son just started school,” Bradshaw told the Daily News. “He was a good father. He gave his kid the best.”

The victim also ran a food pantry out of his home, Bradshaw said, where he cooked meals for homeless people in the area, according to the Daily News.

“People know to come here to get food,” Bradshaw told the Daily News. “Whatever clothes he ain’t wear anymore he just gave to them. He started it with his mother. His mom and his grandma taught him to always give back.”

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