Family Of Miami Boost Mobile Store Owner Believes He Was Killed Over Money

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A household is successful mourning aft a Miami concern proprietor was fatally changeable during a robbery conscionable moments aft closing up his store.

Walter Castaneda Jr. said his father’s beingness was taken implicit money.

“It’s hard to judge helium won’t beryllium location anymore. It is truly hard for me,” helium said. ” He was conscionable astir to crook 65. He was conscionable astir to retire. He had a bosom of gold.”

Castaneda said his father, Walter Castaneda Sr., had owned the Boost Mobile store astatine 12th Avenue and 5th Street for years. He said his begetter was targeted successful the Friday nighttime onslaught due to the fact that helium apt had a ample magnitude of currency connected him.

“When helium locked the front, an idiosyncratic came with the weapon and asked him for his money. They argued and it seems similar the feline changeable my dada first,” said Castaneda.

He said surveillance video shows his begetter autumn to the crushed arsenic helium tried to support himself.

“They exchanged occurrence together. The antheral jumped successful the car and much shots were fired from there. The feline took his wealth and his life,” said Castaneda.

Castaneda Sr. was taken to a adjacent infirmary but didn’t past his injuries.

His lad hopes the constabulary find the idiosyncratic responsible.

“I conscionable don’t recognize however idiosyncratic tin conscionable destruct someone’s life,” said Castaneda.

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Anyone with accusation astir the fatal robbery is urged to interaction the police.