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Employee Found Dead at Popular Italian Market in North Miami: Police

Police are trying to figure out what happened at a popular Italian market after they made a gruesome discovery Wednesday night.

An employee was found dead at Mimmo's Mozzarella located at 475 Northeast 123 Street in North Miami.

According to Natalie Buissereth with North Miami Police, officers went inside and discovered an employee with a gunshot wound in the back of the store.

"They're trying to figure out what happened, what exactly took place at Mimmo's," Buissereth said.

Police said a person happened to be driving by Mimmo's Mozzarella Wednesday night when they noticed something was suspicious in the business; the door was left open after hours. When police arrived around 9 p.m. they found 29-year-old Jose Gonzalez lying dead on the ground.

Officer Buissereth said Gonzalez suffered a gunshot wound and died from the injuries.

The market owners were too distraught to comment, but were seen talking with investigators at their shop. They said Gonzalez was a wonderful employee from Venezuela and had been working at the market for a few months.

Officer Buissereth added: "It is definitely a homicide. Right now, we're still baffled by a lot of things that took place so we just need help from our community. Anyone that saw anything no matter how insignificant."

Police won't release whether anything was taken from the business, but a sign on the business says they will be closed until Monday.

"This was an isolated incident," Buissereth said. "There was never a problem there, so this is really something that is just baffling us at this time."

If you know anything about this case, call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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