Family pleads for justice after 25-year-old loved one fatally shot on Turnpike in Miami-Dade
Kendrick Lesesne was on his way home to Broward County when someone opened fire on his car just south of the 199th Street exit, near Hard Rock Stadium.
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Kendrick Lesesne was on his way home to Broward County when someone opened fire on his car just south of the 199th Street exit, near Hard Rock Stadium.
Detectives identified Clayton Hicks as a suspect following the early morning shooting on Sunday.
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The family of a 25-year-old man is heartbroken and demanding answers after their loved one was shot and killed Sunday night while driving on the Florida Turnpike in Miami-Dade County.
Residents reported hearing five to six gunshots around 11 a.m. in the middle of Northwest 61st Street near 15th Avenue.
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One man was found lying on the ground and the other man was found in a vehicle. Both were fatally shot.
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