OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man is mourning the loss of his brother, who was shot and killed over the weekend. He says his brother just became a new father, and now he wants justice to be served.

On Saturday, 28-year-old Cristian Leiva was shot and killed at the Seminole Apartments; however, he lived at the neighboring apartment complex.

“They shot him around the shoulder blade,” said Christofer Contreras, Leiva’s brother.

Ocala police officers say the man who reported the shooting says Leiva was attempting to break into his apartment.

Contreras says his brother lived with his girlfriend, and Contreras’ name is the one on the lease. He tells TV20, he doesn’t know what his brother was doing that night.

“He may have had something to drink, but there was no way for him to be that drunk for h

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