MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Gardens police are investigating after a body was found near a canal Friday morning.
According to sources close to the investigation, officers were dispatched to the 3900 block of Northwest 207th Drive around 8:15 a.m. after a woman called police to report that she was walking in the area, as she does every morning, when she came upon the body near the water.
Sources said the body was that of a Black male, who was wearing black underwear and a pink T-shirt.
Sources said his arms were tied up behind his back with green straps and his face was covered with a plastic bag. The victim’s mouth had been taped shut with blue colored-tape and he appeared to have multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
“Around, like, 8 my mom called me, saying there was a body in the canal,” the daughter of the woman who called 911 told Local 10 News. “The water was up to his ankles, just laying on the rocks.”
The victim’s identity remains unknown at this time.
“I feel like for a while we’re all gonna be scared. You never know what to expect tomorrow, you know?” the daughter said.
Residents in the area told Local 10 News they were shocked by the gruesome discovery.
“I’ve been here 46 years -- nothing like this has happened before,” Brenda Gabriel said.
Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call the Miami Gardens Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.