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A motorist was fatally shot Monday by a Miami pollee officer who had pulled him over for a traffic stop. Pollee did not say why the man was shot.'

BY LAURA C. [email protected]

A Miami police officer opened ftre ona motorist Monday during a midday t i " a f ~ftc stop on an Overtown street, killing th eman.

I t is notkriownwhy the officer openedftre or wp y he made th e trafftc stop.

Police gave out little information.Th e case is under investigation, said

Detective Willie Moreno, a policespokesman. He added that "details ar escarce, due to preliminary stages of th einvestigation."

This much is known: l.Tw o officers in a squad ca r pulled

over the motorist in the 1600 block ofNorthwest Third Avenue around 11:30a.m, MorenQ said. ,

Miami Herald news partner CBS-4identified the ma n as Decarlos Mo ore, 36,of Miami;

Moore, wh o has a prison record; go tou t of the ca r and was shot.

A family member said he was shot inth e head. Police di d no t name the ofi1cerwh o ftied his weapon.

..WItnesses wh o heard the shooting sayMoore wa s sprawled, bleeding on th erain-slicked pavement. He was taken toJackson Memorial Hospital where helater died.

"He was still breathing,"said AntwoneMcKnight, 34. "H e lost a lo t o f bloodwaiting for the ambulance to come."

Th e call came into Miami Fire-Rescueat 11:36 am., a unit was dispatched at 11:37an d arrived at th e scene at l..1;40 a.m., said

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1cnutiu,; Carron, [ire-rescu e ,p ok es ID;1n. Th "amblll un c t! arri ved a t Jackso n Oit U:50 ". m ., Carrollsai d .

W im t:s ses D-l the nearby3r d Ave. Supermarket &i{.;staur;.m .::;.me out whenthl.!Y h"ard the shooting.

McKnight said he sa wthe ofiicer clutch his headwill. both hD-nds an d paceback and iorth.

HE A RD GUNSHOTM o h " - 1 l l I D ~ dDames, 36,

owner of 3rd Ave. Super

market & Restautant, saidh e heard a single gunshotand nUl outside.

H e saw Moore on the.idewalk, blood comingfr o m his mouth. Hestarred S L l " ~ a m i n gfor help.

' ' I t looked l ike a faucetc:orr.ing out of his mouth."Dames ~ " i d ."I've neverseen crap /ik., that.". Hi s sto 're was shut

down ior j'our hoursb".: . us" the shooting tookpIa"" a lew feet from hisdoor.

D = e ~. a id Moore was

a regular .at the s t o ~ e .Hec = e by about two tunes a 'week and ordered a breakiD-st sandwich and sometimes cig;uetks.

Moore's sister. KatrinaMoor", said the bulleten te red = d exited he r

broU:",r', h " "d."H e was a good perso n," sh" said . "H e lovedliic."

District 5 Co m .mis" i oae r Richard P. DWUlw..s at th" store talki,ng topeople abuu[ the shooting.

" w e v, " go t to putsomething in place tomake sur" this doesn'thapp"n again," he said." I t ' s un lor tuna te , co tbood, no t good for ou rcity."

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truck arrived to take awaythe car, a white 2002Honda A.;:cord registeredto 'O idyah Jao:;ksou or"Mi:uni.

It ha d a white and purple garland of silk flowersdangling from th e rearview mirror.

TW O PRISON TERMS

Moore had served twoprison terms - ~ 4 yearsfor a 1989 second-degreemurder charge and 10months for sale a.o.d trafficking in cocaine. He goto ~ . t of prison in November2007.

Police said the investigation is colltinuing.

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Oecarlos Moorewas .shot andkilled Monday by

a police officernear the 3rd

Supermarket &

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Miami Heraldectionnt pagee 8, 2010

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m n l l t e s~The gunman in Hialeah's worst mass killing inhistory see med to have targeted his victims, allwomen, before taking his own life, police said.

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Regal ado, 38, showed upa t Yoy ito Ca f e-Restaurant inHiale ah, just as his estrangedwiie w e nding he r waitressshif t th e second da y on th ejob. Arm"d with a .45-caliberpistol that he owned, he

..pullt ,d the trigg er nine times,killing Molina , three< ~o - w o r k e r sand himself . He;..Iso wounded three othersUI a shooting spree that wasde s cribed by witnesses as

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total yhem."H e c a m ~in run ni n g.

like a cl'llz y m r u l . . . 5hoo tillS every bo d y; sc re am edon.e 9 11 caJ..le r . " He ca m e inrunning .m d killing ."

Regala d o seeme d tohave targete d hi s vic ti lIlS.

wer" wo m ell. Only o n ~.wa s oa t a n "mpioy"" o fIh e po p ul ar re s ta ur a nt ,495 E. 4!) th I . , 0 0 on e o fthe b u ,i .. . t c 0 11leU in Hialeilh.

S o! el ibe.rate ly walke din th e k i tc h e o, s ta r tedshooti n g quickl y, t clos er.ange , po lice said.

"H e l o o k~ d I me , wco(right by m t! bu t didn ' ts h t me ," u.nidentiJiedrrulle em ploy"" -"lid.

Th " . hoo t in g occuIredin th e ltitc he n. as th e rest uran t pr e par ed to d ose.

Mo lina had ju s t l an d ed t ile job 11t Yoyit o, nlt e,m ovin g out o( th e homethe co uple , har ed .

[n one bloody outburst,Regal"d o, an un e mplo ye dc arpe n te r with no cr iminalr ec o rd . turned into Hial e.ah, worst mns s murder er.

"W e 've never ha d thiama n y pe ople kill e d at on eti m e. U's a first for us, "s a id Hialeah police Sg t .Car l Zogb y. .

Wi thi n minu l es a l le rl1eeing the re s tau r ant in "wh i l e SUV, R egalad ocom mitted suicide, shoot ing him s elf in the head .

'He di d no t lea ve a sw

ci de note ," Zogby .a l dLo v d o n es a nd ne ighbo rs c all e d t he d e dwom .e n, "II m o t h er ~ ,hardworldng d ca r in g:

They we re : Mnys el Figueroa , 32,

o f H ial e ah, wh o lived withh e r husband and their" mall so n. Sh e startedwo rk at Yoy iw ooJy a fewda y . a go, aft e r lea ving ajob n t a d iscoWlt s tore .

Late Sunday , Fi guero aca ll e d h e r hu s band a n dsai d sh e w o ul d be ho me50 0 n , th e ne ig hbor aid.Sh e d idn' t a r rive, so h ewooD! to loo k io r her at th ere i t aur:lnt.

L a v i.Jl .. M . F o ns ec .a ,.17, liv with her da ugh tC"r.)cr OS th e s t re e t fromF igue r o a. Sh e previo uslyli ved in Cuba' s Gu antana m a pr ovinc e an d s tudie d S unish . n d Russ ia nli ter lUre t th e Univers it yo i Hav a na. Sh e c: u ne toSo u th Florida less than ayear ago .

Fonse c a d ught er, Lex.uUa M atos , 18, is a Hiale:lhHlgh stude:nL

Zaid a Castillo, 56 , 01'Hialeah. fo llo w he r oolyda u gh te r, son-in- law an d

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The Miami Herald,A section, page 2June 8, 2010

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NO SIGN OF CARNAG E: Leather s tools neatly face a counter at th e Ya y it oCa fe-R e sta u ra nt in Hialeah .on Monday, a d a y a ft e r the deadly rampage.

Cafe known as 'a placethat everyone trllsts'

Before th e shoo t ing spre e , t he popular Voyl toCafe-Re st au ra nt in H ia le a h wa s bes t kno w n fo r It sreglilar patrons an d fam il y at m osp here .

BYLAURA C. MOREL alw ays be e n a w el co mi n gImorel@M amiHe rald.com pl a ce to ne w ly ar r ived

T h er e were a few signs immigr an ts fro m Cub a an dthat some thing was amis s othe r pl ac es, loo king Cor aat Yo yito Cate -Res t auran t. jo b . I t offers a da y 's pa y in

Th e hastily scrawle a famil y atmosp he re.ot e tap e d t o th e fro nt Sp e ci al s o f th e week

door , read ing "C losed , ador n one wal l an d picCe n ado." tu r e s of fam o us ce leb ri t ies

A glas s vase with purpl e - s in ge rs Cel ia C r uz an dan d red tlowers on a ledg e. Ro ci o Ju ra do ar e among

T he seve n empty gree n the the smilin g face s - areleathe r sto o ls line d ne atly on anothe r .across t he front counter. F o r th e people w ho

' 'It's a place th a t every- w o rk in th e s tr i p mall onon e trusts ," said Felix Eas t Fifth Aven ue an d 49thFuentes. Street - in th e hear t o f. That t rust was broken Hialeah - Yoyit ,open edSunday night aroun d clo s- in October 2001, serve s asing wh e n an angxy hu s - the ir breakroom..ban d showed up with a .


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The Miami HeraldA section

Front pageAug . 5,2010

OUTH FLORIDA ROADWAYS I BIS CAYNE BOU LEVA RD

Getting here to there hits a rough patch Biscayne Boulevard businesses are

oping with ye t another constructionroject - and it hasn't been easy so fa r .

Y LAURAC. MORELmorel@MiamiHerald 'f om

Biscayne Boulevard is no stranger to road ork. Every few years, the bulldozers move m

n d the dust flies out. . IBut : th e latest. ~ a r v i n gup of Miami's main

tery - on a recently revived stretch just north .f downtown --: shapes up as the biggest test yetr drivers and businesses on U.S. L '

Th e questi.,n on everyone's mind:Will it ev .er end? lAnsw er:Yes. In about a year . ,Until then, it's a long and grinding road .Concrete barriers curve an d jut. Metal grates

p up from the asphalt; testi ng tires and c h a t t e 1 ; ' ~g teeth. Workers scurry among smoldD.g piles

TURN TO STREET, 6A

STevE JOHHSOHtHlAMI HERALD STAfF

CONSTRUCTIOK AHEAD: Construction on U.S. 1 i$ making aImess of a key artery to and from downtown Miami

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It's a long and bumpyroad for drivers, storesSTREET, FROM lA F..JOT d o e s n ~ tofferof rubble. Pedestrians hur- . compensation fordIe over wans an d scamper across th e street.

And lane changes ,merges, detours and, ofcourse, slow-ups He upmotorists at th e gatewayto downtown Miami. Th econs t ruc t ion zone iswhere highway trafficfrom th e airport andMiami Beach convergeson a heavily used route 'toand' from th e AdrienneArsht performing arts center, and just beyond, theMiami Heat's arena.

At night, the mess completely takes , over th eroad, which closes , fo rmore intense work. Policeofficers hi t their bluelights to swerve traffic toNortheast Second Avenue.

TOUGH O N STORES

When it 's all finished,th e road will ' be smoothand flowing an d beautiful.

Meanwhile, it 's killingbusiness.

"Horrible," said Victori a Newton-Dunn, wh ohas seen business declineat an outdoor furniturestore, STOAI OutdoorConcept, because of th econs truction.

"It 's so bad that wecould get ou t of business."

Th e $15.7 million construction project, stretching from Northeast 15thStreet to 35th Terrace, isscheduled for completion

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in August 2 0 n . s a i d Chri.sta Tremblay,So what will emerge

when the dust clears?The' Florida Depart

ment of Transportation isoverseeing ne w s tormdrainage; installation of,street lights an d traffic signals; reconstruct ion ofs idewalks; ' dr iveways,pedestrian ramps, curbsand gutters; aJ?d ne w irrigation, repaving and land- 'scaping.

It's similar to what hasbeen done on northernstretches of Biscayne Boulevard in past years.

" I t ' s an overa l limprovement of the road,"project spokeswomanMaria Palacios said.

But it's painful f ~ rcommerce.

At the furniture store,sales have plummeted inrecent months, said N ewton-Dunn, the store's manager. She says she looksaround somet imes and

'there's no t a customer insight.

And no wonder. Withall the construction, it 'stough to turn off the mainstreet or even fInd a breakin the work to enter.

An orange mesh fencean d a heap of pipes lineth e area in front of th estore. Furniture on display

collects thick layers ofroad dust.

FDOT has no programthat offers compensation

, for loss of business."We're all . hurting,"

manager , of Mario th eBaker, a pizza and pasta'place - on Northeast 25thStreet that ha s see.Q a 60

percent drop in business."I see no en d in sightt

this. I don't know howmuch longer [we ' te] ableto survive."

OPEN AND CLOSED

During the day, a northbound iane and a southbound l ~ m ear e o p ~ n .Butthe road is entirely closedfrom 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.mfrom Sunday to ThUrsdayand n p.m. to 7 a.m. on Fridays an d Saturdays.

Blue s t ree t signs' installed by th e state are

helping businesses keeptheir names in front ofdrivers.

Tha t ha s helped, saidEsther Kh!pach" owner ofAbram's Fabrics on Northeast 18th Street. "I can'tcomplain at all."

When it's all over, businesses will see that th e "noisy, dustyconstruction "wa s worth th e hassle,Palacios said. .

"All they see is a tornroad," sh e said. "But oncethey have th e ne w road infront of their businesses,they'll se e th e benefitscompletely."

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