KFHA hosts police and firefighter awards after officers shooting death

Even before a Mami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed last week, the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations had planned its annual celebration of first responders with pizza and speeches and awards. But the KFHA Police and Firefighter Awards night Wednesday will have special meaning since the death of Devin Jaramillo, 27.
“We talk about their dangerous work,” said KFHA President Michael Rosenberg. “But every day is ordinary, until it’s not ordinary. This was an ordinary day for him, an ordinary call and it turned out to be horrendous. Any call can end up like that.”
That’s true. But the most dangerous calls, according to policing organizations nationwide, are domestic violence calls and traffic stops.
Jaramillo had responded to a “minor” crash near the corner of Southwest 122nd Avenue and SW 128th Street just before 4 p.m. Friday. He got into a physical scuffle with the driver, who grabbed the officer’s gun and shot him up to seven times. The driver then ran to his car and took his own life.
There will likely be a moment of remembrance for him.
There will also be plaques and certificates from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez and Commissioner Raquel Regalado for some of the first responders in Kendall who should be recognized. That includes a firefighter who jumped into a lake to pull out the passenger of a vehicle that had become submerged. And four or five police officers who joined to lift a heavy vehicle off an injured person.
In the past, this evening has brought together emotional reunions between first responders and those they’ve saved. The KFHA also plans to honor hero dogs, K9 units assigned to Kendall officers.
“Our first responders are always there for us. Let’s show them that we are there for them,” Rosenberg said.
So, the evening starts at 6 p.m. with Italian food by Mike’s Italian at the that small little clubhouse room at 8625 SW 124th Ave., and the event moves at 7 p.m. to the Regal Cinema movie theater next door for the presentation of the awards And if anyone wants to stay, the Regal will be showing the new movies, Sarah’s Oil — based on the true story of an African American girl who became a millionaire in Oklahoma after she discovered oil on her land.
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