A father in New York City has died from what his family called a broken heart following the fatal shooting of his son.
Duro Akil was shot in the chest on Monday night, Aug. 7, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center with a punctured lung.
When the family learned that Akil had died on Wednesday, they returned home to find Akil’s father, Okera Ras I, lifeless in bed.
The hospital determined that the dad had died of a heart attack. He was so close to his son that the family believes Ras I died of heartbreak, ABC News reported.
“It was really too much for him,” his daughter, Makini Akil said. “It was really like heartbreak.”
“They loved each other so much and they had each others’ back,” said Adio Akil, Akil’s mother.
“Yeah they were very close. Very close. Like most of the pictures we have they’re standing together,” said Rod Ivey, Ras I’s brother.
