Crime

A Miami father was killed in front of his mother and child. Cops are looking for this man

A week after a father died from gunshot wounds taken in front of his mother and 1-year-old child, Miami-Dade police are asking for the public’s help finding their 19-year-old murder suspect.

Monico Galban is a murder suspect.
Monico Galban is a murder suspect. Miami-Dade Police Department

Police admit they haven’t been able to find Monico Galban since, they say, he walked up the front yard of a home in the 500 block of Northwest Third Avenue in Homestead, pulled out a gun and shot Jose Guajardo around 12:15 p.m. on May 29. Guajardo was flown to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Guajardo died on June 3 around 3:05 p.m. One database says he was 27.

Jose Guajardo died June 3, five days after being shot in a Homestead front yard.
Jose Guajardo died June 3, five days after being shot in a Homestead front yard. Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade & the Florida Keys

Anyone who knows where Galban is or has been can call Miami-Dade police’s homicide bureau at 305-471-2400. To remain anonymous and be eligible for a reward up to $5,000, send your information to Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade & the Florida Keys either online or at 305-471-8477 (TIPS).

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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