Father of 14-year-old child shot dead in Florida City while trying to break up a fight with his daughter

MIAMI – A father of 14 children is dead after being shot in Florida City Tuesday afternoon over an after-school fight between girls.

According to police, a 15-year-old girl was involved in a fight with a classmate that ended with the fatal shooting of her father, 47-year-old Johnny Stevenson.

It happened near NW 14th Street and NW 1st Court near their bus stop.

The victim's daughter said the altercation began with a verbal argument with a girl on the bus.

“She sprayed me with pepper spray. And after she sprayed me, we started fighting,” said the victim's daughter.

Then the girl said she was spat on.

The fight was captured on cellphone video. The girl told CBS News Miami she called her father and said he tried to step in to protect her when a young man intervened in the altercation.

“The man who shot my father pulled my best friend away, then he pulled my mom away. That's when my dad saw him, then the boy pushed my dad. My dad pushed him back and then the boy pulled out a gun and shot him,” the victim's daughter said.

Stevenson's daughter tells us he was shot in the stomach.

“I saw my father out of the corner of my eye. I saw him fall. I wasn't really thinking. I see him lying on the ground, I'm putting pressure on his stomach. My mother comes to put pressure on his stomach.”

Stevenson was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

His family tells us that he was a devoted father to all his 14 children and was well known in the community.

“I mean, so many people loved him,” said Arnold Lloyd, Stevenson’s uncle.

There was an increased police presence in the area on Wednesday evening as officers searched for the suspect.

Now a young girl and her 13 siblings are left fatherless and heartbroken.

“I will never get over it,” said the victim’s daughter.

While police search for the shooter, they are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.

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