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Man dead after gas station shooting in Miami-Dade’s West Little River

Police officers find man dead in green car

WEST LITTLE RIVER, Fla. – A man died after a shooting on Saturday in Miami-Dade County’s West Little River area.

Yellow crime scene tape blocked access to the Sunflex gas station where he died and a yellow tarp covered the driver-side area of the car that had stickers resembling bullet holes.

According to Detective Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the shooting was about 12:35 p.m., and officers responded to Northwest 79 Street and 17 Avenue.

“They discovered an adult male inside a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound(s),” Rodriguez wrote in a statement.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced the man dead and homicide detectives were investigating. A man described the victim as a “cool guy” who didn’t “bother nobody.”

According to police scanner traffic, there was a be on the lookout alert for a gray Volkswagen with an out-of-state tag. Rodriguez did not confirm the BOLO.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.

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