Male found dead after shooting in Miami Gardens, police say

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Detectives found a male dead after a shooting Tuesday morning at a gas station’s automated car wash in Miami Gardens. Officers at the scene said he was shot multiple times.

According to Detective Carolyn Frazer, a spokeswoman for the Miami Gardens Police Department, officers are searching for a man who was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, dark gym shorts and a multi-colored face mask.

Officers surrounded the Amaco gas station, formerly a Caraf oil station, in the corner of Northwest 22nd Avenue and East Bunche Park Drive shortly after 10:30 a.m.

“We’re asking the public, if they have any information with regards to what happened today -- if they saw something, heard something -- to give the Miami Gardens Police Department a call,” Frazer said.

Anonymous tips can be made by calling Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editors Nina Nahmias and Sandra Antonio contributed to this report.

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