Editor's Note: A headline error in an earlier version of this story misidentified the victim. The headline has been updated.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.– The family of a librarian who was killed at a credit union here has filed a lawsuit against the CU.
The family of Jaime Humet filed the suit against Dade County Federal Credit Union, alleging it was negligent in providing security at an ATM. Humet was killed in December 2018 while leaving the ATM of the credit union located in the area of Northwest 207th Street and Second Avenue in Miami Gardens.
“This is a person whose whole life was about helping others,” said the victim’s brother, Nick Humet, during a press conference held by the family to announce the lawsuit as reported by the Miami Herald. “We can’t bring him back, but we can sure as heck do everything we can to make sure it doesn’t happen to the next person here.”
Attorney Pedro Echarte of The Haggard Law Firm said during the same press conference the death of the 47-year-old librarian was “a foreseeable crime considering the nature of the business and its location in a notoriously high crime area,” the Herald stated. “A business like this that operates or deals with money, when you’re operating ATMs at night, yes, you need the best surveillance cameras. You need manned security. You need to design your property so that your ATM is visible instead of hiding behind the branch near a dark alleyway.”
Credit Union Responds
The Herald reported surveillance video showed a white, newer model Kia Optima moments before the incident, and that Miami Gardens Police believe the shooter and the getaway driver were inside that vehicle.
In response, Miami-Dade County Federal Credit Union is aware of the lawsuit and issued a statement: “At Dade County Federal Credit Union, we remain deeply saddened about the death of Jaime Humet, and we have fully cooperated with the law enforcement investigation. It is a longstanding policy of the credit union not to comment on pending litigation.”