MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Family members of Rodney Hinds Jr. announced an increased reward in hopes of solving the teen’s 2019 shooting death in Miami Gardens.
The 17-year-old was shot and killed as he sat in a parked car at a gas station at the corner of Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Eighth Avenue in November of that year.
“He was a very kind boy. He had a lot of friends,” his mother, Tina Hinds, said. “Rodney never troubled anybody Rodney never been in any trouble he have no criminal record there is no reason why anyone would do this to my son.”
Police released surveillance video of the suspect, but have been unable to crack the case three years later.
Family members, who recently settled a lawsuit with the owner of the gas station, held a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday alongside their attorneys, in a plea for public help.
“If the gas station has any sort of reasonable security measures or even just trained their employees he would still be alive,” family attorney Adam Finkel said.
Family members increased the reward for information to $25,000.
Anyone who recognizes the shooter is asked to call Miami Gardens police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.