Police identify gunman who killed woman and her son in murder-suicide outside Chase Bank – NBC 6 South Florida

Police have identified the shooter 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.

The shooter was identified as 41-year-old Michael Andres Pineda Lozano.

According to Miami-Dade police, Odalys Bancroft, 43, was in a minivan with her son when she stopped at the bank's ATM and was waiting in line. Lozano then pulled up next to her in an SUV and opened fire, killing her and the boy.

Police said he then committed suicide.

Police say Lozano was Bancroft's ex-boyfriend.

“There were some concerns about him, but nothing like this,” said Bancroft's brother, Michael Trujillo. “They were going through a breakup, but no sign that I was aware that there was such fear.”

Trujillo says her sister was caring and empathetic.

She was director of regulatory affairs at Jackson Health System. She joined the hospital system in 2015, beginning her career as a clinical nurse, and eventually held leadership positions at Holtz Children's Hospital.

Her son, Theodore Couto, 4, was known as Teddy and recently graduated from PreK-4. He would have been five years old next month.

Video of the incident, obtained by NBC6, was filmed by a witness at a Chase bank in the area of ​​Bird Road and 152nd Avenue. NBC6 paused the video before the shooting.

“Never in a million years would I expect something like this to happen,” Trujillo said. “I just can't imagine a situation that would cause a normal person to do this kind of thing to a woman and her child.”

Teddy's father was at the scene Friday, frantic, as police tried to console him. NBC6 has reached out to Teddy's father and his family and they do not want to comment at this time.

A GoFundMe page has been created to support the family of Odalys and Théodore.