A Florida man is finally facing justice for allegedly gunning down a young mom in her car, stealing the vehicle and ditching it \u2014 leaving her 1-year-old daughter to die strapped inside, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Doujon Griffiths, 26, is on trial in Orlando after two years on the lam. <\/p>\n
He is accused of executing 20-year-old Massania Malcolm, shooting and wounding her boyfriend, Jordane Reid, and abandoning the pair\u2019s baby girl, Jordania Reid, to roast to death on Sept. 7, 2021, according to WESH 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dujoun Griffiths is on trial for fatally shooting a young mom and leaving her baby to die of heat in a sweltering car. Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Florida<\/p>\n Griffiths then fled and wasn\u2019t tracked down by police until more than two years later during a traffic stop in New Jersey. <\/p>\n Reid survived several gunshot wounds to testify about the harrowing experience.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in panic. I was getting shot at the same time. I was just trying to escape, that\u2019s it,\u201d Reid testified, according to a report by WFTV 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n Massania Malcolm, 20, was allegedly fatally shot by Doujon Griffiths.<\/p>\n Griffiths, Reid\u2019s childhood friend, had been crashing Malcolm and Reid\u2019s apartment for about a month until the young couple decided he needed to move out because he wasn\u2019t contributing to household expenses, WESH 2 reported.<\/p>\n The pair and their daughter got in the car to drive Griffiths to the bus when Griffiths started firing at Reid in the apartment complex parking lot, according to warrants.<\/a><\/p>\n Jordania Reid, 1, was in the car when her mother was shot and died of heat exposure not to be found until two days later.<\/p>\n \u201cHe literally put the firearm right here and squeezed it,\u201d WFTV 9 reported, citing Reid\u2019s testimony. \u201cI turned around like this, and that\u2019s when he stopped. I wasn\u2019t trying to wrestle it, but I was trying to feel it and stop him.\u201d<\/p>\n Reid fled the car as Griffiths followed and shot at him before the gunman got in and drove away with the mother and baby, according to Reid and investigators. <\/p>\n Griffiths then killed Malcolm and left her in the car with the baby and the pair weren\u2019t discovered until two days later, documents alleged.<\/p>\n