He was reportedly defending his 7-year-old step-grandaughter. Then he was shot and killed
By Michelle Marchante and
Bianca Padró Ocasio
A man was shot and killed at a Fort Lauderdale home after family members say he began arguing with the father of his 7-year-old step-granddaughter.
The shooting happened at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday along Southwest 13th Street and 31st Avenue, near Davie Boulevard, and is “possibly domestic related,” according to Fort Lauderdale police.
Police have not released additional details about the shooting.
Family members, who identified the man as Raul Santos, told Local 10 he was shot several times by his stepdaughter’s boyfriend after an argument over the couple’s 7-year-old daughter.
A police spokesman said the death is under investigation and that they do not have anyone in custody as of Monday morning.
Police have not disclosed the identity of the boyfriend or said if they are looking for him.
This story was originally published February 10, 2020 at 10:20 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
Bianca Padró Ocasio is a political writer for the Miami Herald. She has been a Florida journalist for four years, covering everything from crime and courts to hurricanes and politics.
