Man In Custody In Connection With Gas Station Murders
HOLLYWOOD (CBS4) – Hollywood Police have taken a man into custody in connection with the shooting deaths of a young couple in a gas station robbery in Miami Gardens.
Hollywood police, who assisted the Miami Gardens Police Department, took the unidentified homicide suspect into custody at a home at 1410 64th Avenue on Tuesday morning, according to Hollywood Police Lt. Diana Pereria.
A SWAT team and K9 units were also on the scene.
No other details about the arrest have been released.
On Monday July 25th, Julian Soler, 23, and Kennia Duran, 24, were both shot to death while gassing Soler's 1997 Ford Mustang Cobra at 16691 NW 57th Ave. It was around 12:38 a.m. when they were ambushed, forced out of the car and shot. The shooting was captured on surveillance video from the gas station.
The video shows two suspects in an older model Nissan Pathfinder pulling up next to Soler on the other side of the gas pump.
As Soler got back into his car, he was confronted by a man from the Pathfinder pointing a gun at him. Another man can be seen on the video pointing a gun at Duran. As the two got out of the car, the gunmen opened fire.
The video then shows the armed men getting back into the Pathfinder and speeding away. The Pathfinder, which had been torched, was found later.
Soler died on the pavement next to his car. Duran was rushed to the Ryder Trauma Center where she died. Duran leaves behind a 6-year-old son.
Police said they are searching for three, possibly four, subjects.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
