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Police ID suspect in Model City gas station triple shooting that left 2 workers dead

The 23-year-old suspected gunman is facing two counts of second-degree murder with prejudice

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Miami police have identified the man who allegedly shot and killed two gas station employees and injured another man in Model City on Saturday morning.

Jason Craig Dyer-Mitchell, 23, was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder with prejudice, one count of second-degree murder with a weapon and one count of battery on a visitor or other detainee, police said.

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Police said that officers responded to the scene at 1701 Northwest 54th Street around 12:30 a.m. and found the three victims shot.

According to authorities, there was an argument that took place inside the gas station, and the suspect pulled out a gun and shot three people, before running from the scene.

The employees who were killed were identified as Shahbaz Hussain, 51, and Shamun Shaukat, 42, according to Miami Police.

Miami Fire Rescue reportedly rushed the third victim, 57-year-old Elijah Shorter, to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

Witness video captured a conscious man, as he was being loaded onto the ambulance.

According to an arrest report, Shamun Shaukat had confronted Dyer-Mitchell for possibly shoplifting shortly after midnight. When Dyer-Mitchell was about to leave the gas station, police say he opened fire.

Officers later found Dyer-Mitchell at an apartment building across the street from the gas station, where he was arrested.

In bond court on Monday, the judge granted the state's motion for pre-trial detention and ordered for Dyer-Mitchell to be held without bond. He has a criminal history, records show.

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