Prayer Vigil Held For Victim Murdered Outside Miami Market
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Friends and family gathered Saturday outside of the store where a 22-year-old man was gunned down in cold blood, in hopes of finding justice and the killer.
Markeith Nickles died a day earlier at the South Miami Market at 5940 S.W. 68th Street.
Loved ones held hands in a prayer circle and lit candles in his memory, baffled at the apparent killing over a woman.
"The young man was in the store," said Pastor Eric Readon. "Him and another guy had words, and the guy turned around and just shot him senselessly. For no reason, just shot him and took his life for no reason."
Those who knew Nickles said he was talking to a girl inside the market and the suspect took offense, grabbed a gun from his car, walked back into the store and opened fire.
"Everybody went to school together down here. So everybody knows everybody," said the victim's uncle. "So you never know who knows who. And by talking to her in the store, it's just like saying 'hey, how you doing,' something like that."
Police believe they know who the shooter is. He remains at large.