An argument between two men ended with one of them dead outside of a gas station in Northwest Miami-Dade early Thursday, Miami-Dade police said.
The Caraf Oil gas station, 8700 NW 27th Ave., is blocked off by crime tape, and a dark-colored SUV was surrounded by evidence markers, TV video showed.
The shooting left a 30-year-old man dead, according to Miami Herald news partner CBS4. His body, covered with a yellow tarp, was seen near the side of the road.
BREAKING update: Miami-Dade Police say a 30yo man was shot and killed at this gas station. Started as a fight, one man pulled a gun. 36yo man in custody. Live details at 6:30. @CBSMiamihttps://t.co/JtnU7j7ZPO
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription