Israeli Tourists Shot By Man Who Believed They Were Palestinian, Police Say

Mordechai Brafman, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting and injuring the two men in Miami Beach, Florida.

A Florida man was charged on Monday and accused of attempting to kill two Israeli men who he allegedly believed were Palestinian in a shooting that took place over the weekend.

Mordechai Brafman, 27, was taken into custody by Miami Beach police on Saturday and charged with two felony counts of second-degree attempted murder in an attack police described as “unprovoked,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by HuffPost. Both victims, who were driving at the time of the shooting, survived, but they sustained injuries.

Surveillance footage cited in the complaint showed Brafman’s car traveling down a Miami Beach road before making a U-turn and stopping in front of the other vehicle. Brafman then came out of his vehicle and fired 17 rounds at the car as the men drove past him, the complaint said.

Police said Brafman then drove less than a mile away from the scene where a responding officer took him into custody, according to the complaint. One victim sustained a gunshot wound to the left shoulder while the other sustained one to the left forearm.

The victims were not named in the complaint, but police told CNN they were tourists visiting Florida from Israel. ABC affiliate WPLG identified the two as Ari Rabi and his father.