Police sources identify father killed at gas station in West Little River

Police officers find man dead in car damaged with bullets

Police officers identified the murder victim Saturday afternoon in West Little River as Edward Bernard Bailey. (MDPD)

WEST LITTLE RIVER, Fla. – A Miami-Dade family was grieving on Sunday after a gunman killed a 53-year-old father in his car at a Sunflex gas station in West Little River.

Local 10 News sources familiar with the case identified the man who police officers found dead on Saturday afternoon as Edward Bernard Bailey, of Overtown.

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

Bailey was in a green 2005 Ford Interceptor that appeared to be riddled with bullets, but those were stickers. According to sources, a gunman shot Bailey once. The gas station’s surveillance video shows Bailey was parked at the west side of the gas station when two men in a gray Volkswagen Tiguan parked and one of them shot Bailey and left a single .40 caliber bullet casing behind.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced Bailey dead at the gas station. A yellow tarp covered the driver’s side of the car decorated with stickers that appeared to be bullet holes.

Detectives distributed a “Seeking Homicide Information” flyer and asked anyone with information about this case to call Detective H. Garcia at 305-471-2400, or Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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

MDPD seeking homicide information

The Miami-Dade Police Department's homicide unit is seeking information about the murder of Edward Bernard Bailey on Saturday in West Little River. (MDPD Source)

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