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Man killed in barbershop dispute near FIU identified by police

Sky 10 was over the scene of a parking lot shooting in Miami-Dade County on Thursday afternoon near FIU's main campus. (WPLG)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police have identified the man killed in a shooting Thursday near Florida International University as Jose Luis Contreras Carmona, 39, of Hialeah.

Miami-Dade detectives say Carmona was shot multiple times after an argument inside a barbershop spilled into a shopping center parking lot along Southwest 8th Street and 107th Avenue, not far from FIU’s main campus.

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Carmona had been taken to Kendall Regional Trauma Center, where he died from his injuries.

Investigators say a suspect in the shooting fled in a white vehicle.

A “Be on the Lookout” was issued for a white Mercedes-Benz SUV that was spotted leaving the scene Thursday afternoon.


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