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Paroled felon arrested in carjacking gone wrong that left groom to be dead

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Louis Antuwn Redmon Florida felon on parole who shot dead Hershy Schwartz Orthodox Jewish groom to be arrested in carjacking gone wrong.
Louis Antuwn Redmon arrested in Hershy Schwartz groom to be murder in North Miami Beach carjacking gone wrong.
Louis Antuwn Redmon Florida felon on parole who shot dead Hershy Schwartz Orthodox Jewish groom to be arrested in carjacking gone wrong.

Louis Antuwn Redmon Florida felon on parole who shot dead Hershy Schwartz Orthodox Jewish man days ahead of his February wedding in carjacking gone wrong, arrested. 

‘We were supposed to be celebrating. Now we’re mourning….’ A convicted Florida felon has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a soon-to-be groom during a carjacking attempt in North Miami Beach – days before his wedding in New York earlier this year. 

Louis Antuwn Redmon, 23, was arrested Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, armed carjacking and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, months after the February incident, WPLG reported.

Redmon is accused of shooting dead Hershy Schwartz, 39, a well-known member of the local Orthodox Jewish community in Florida, about a week before his marriage to Rosie Brustowsky

Arrested man had been recently released for prior conviction before February slaying

‘It’s comforting to know that the person who did this is not out on the streets anymore,’ Brustowsky said according to NBC Miami.

‘That doesn’t bring him back,’ the bride to be added.

The fatality comes eight months after Redmond was released from prison in September after serving a three-year sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, NBC Miami reported. It remained unclear what previous convictions Redmon may have had prior to February’s deadly assault. 

Surveillance video showed Redmon looking into Schwartz’s vehicle in the parking lot of a Wendy’s at 25 NE 167th St. on Feb. 19, according to an arrest warrant cited by WPLG.

He opened the SUV’s door and began struggling with the victim before backing off and opening gunfire, according to the warrant.

Redmon later allegedly made calls and sent text messages to his current or former girlfriend and her son, both of whom were behind bars, using Schwartz’s cell phone.

Louis Antuwn Redmon arrested in Hershy Schwartz groom to be murder in North Miami Beach carjacking gone wrong.
Louis Antuwn Redmon arrested in Hershy Schwartz groom to be murder in North Miami Beach carjacking gone wrong.

Armed carjacking gone wrong

On March 23, according to cops, the woman and her son contacted the suspect – also known as Bam – on an Instagram video call in which he told them about seeing a man sleeping in his vehicle before the fatal shooting, WPLG reported.

Redmon, who is from Jacksonville, had been staying at the North Miami Beach Garden Inn & Suites hotel before the shooting.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, which arrested the suspect Wednesday, said an ‘armed carjacking gone wrong’ cost Schwartz his life.

Officials said fingerprints and ballistic evidence helped link Redmon to the shooting.

North Miami Beach police Chief Harvette Smith announced the arrest Thursday, saying the suspect ‘stole Hershy’s life.’

Schwartz was originally from Rockland County in New York, where he was a first responder for the William P. Faist Volunteer Ambulance in Chestnut Ridge, and the Brewer Fire Engine Company No. 1 in Monsey, according to WPLG.

He lived in South Florida for about 12 years.

‘That was supposed to be the most incredible week of my life’ 

Schwartz and Brustowsky had a wedding countdown on their phones, NBC Miami reported.

‘That was supposed to be the most incredible week of my life. And instead, we were mourning,’ she said, according to the outlet.

‘Looking back, I was counting down to the worst day of my life,’ Brustowsky added.

Her fiancé was a pillar of the local Orthodox Jewish community and a leading member of the religious group Chesed Shel Emes, or ‘Charity of Truth,’ which offers help to people in need.

‘Hershy was the guy who looked forward to the holidays, was somewhat flamboyant in the sense he would wear different colored shirts to come into the synagogue,’ friend, Yehuda Kaploun said in February, NBC Miami said reported.

After the crime, Schwartz’s brother Yoel pleaded for the public’s help in tracking down his sibling’s killer. 

‘Hershy was to me not only a brother, he was my best friend,’ he said, the Miami Herald reported. ‘Please help us find the person who did this and bring justice for Hershy.’

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