An employee of mine was close friends with this guy. Looks like the motive was robbery but who knows.
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Posted on Sun, Mar. 14, 2004
NORTH MIAMI BEACH
Customer's slaying leaves family numb, police baffled
North Miami Beach homicide detectives have no motive for Saturday's execution-style murder at a doughnut shop drive-through.
BY DAVID OVALLE
[email protected]
WARREN HARDISON, North Miami Beach police sergeant
To support his wife and three children, Sean Romario Gee worked three jobs, one of them as a promoter for a North Miami Beach nightclub. He was returning from that gig early Saturday when he drove through a Dunkin' Donuts for a cup of coffee.
It was then, police say, that he was ambushed.
About 3:40 a.m., a man rushed Gee's car from behind, then pumped eight bullets into the 36-year-old before pushing his body aside and commandeering the car, said North Miami Beach Sgt. Warren Hardison.
The gunman abandoned the Nissan Maxima half a block away from the doughnut shop, at 95 NW 167th St. Drops of blood the size of nickels stained the pavement of the drive-through.
Detectives have no motive.
They say the shooter took a money bag -- which contained only paperwork related to the club -- from Gee's car, but that does not explain the execution-style attack.
Another question for police -- how did the killer get away?
Detectives have only a vague description of the gunman: dark-skinned, between five feet eight inches and six feet tall, wearing all black.
Although detectives obtained Dunkin' Donuts' video surveillance, they declined to say whether the shooting was captured on tape. It was not clear Saturday if there were witnesses.
HELP REQUESTED
Investigators are asking the public's help to see if anyone saw Gee get into a dispute at the Bermuda Bar and Grill, 3509 NE 163rd St., where Gee worked part time as a promoter.
''This was a family man who was working,'' Hardison said. ``It doesn't seem like a garden-variety robbery.''
At Gee's home in Northwest Miami-Dade County, family members and friends gathered to mourn, grasping for a motive.
Gee had no enemies, they said, and had an easy-going demeanor. Gee, who went by the nickname ''Chip,'' was proud of his stint in the Army, and always offered his home for family reunions.
''He was a kind, sweet person,'' said his brother, Tim Bostic, who works in The Herald print shop.
He worked at Home Depot, and had recently taken a part-time job driving transport trucks. A few years ago, Gee helped start a club on Friday nights at the Bermuda Bar, and worked tirelessly to promote it.
''He loved being around people,'' his mother, Joyce Barnes said.
LOVED MUSIC
And he loved his music.
In a room next to the kitchen, Gee and his buddies built a recording studio, with hand-crafted wood paneling and an array of equipment and instruments.
They called themselves Urban South Recordings. They recently recorded a funny rhyme just about their favorite foods.
Gee would stay up late working on music, sometimes asking his groggy wife to listen to his latest songs until the wee hours of the night.
On Saturday, Kerri Gee stood in the foam-padded studio, illuminated by lonely green light, and wiped the tears from her eyes. She wistfully reminded herself that she would have celebrated Gee's birthday next week.
The two married in the mid-1990s and had three boys. But they had been together much longer. Gee took her to the senior prom.
''He worked so hard,'' Kerri Gee said. ``All he wanted to do was provide for us.''
''He was a kind, sweet person,'' said his brother, Tim Bostic, who works in The Herald print shop.
Anyone with information can call North Miami Beach police at 305-949-5599.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/8181845.htm
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Posted on Sun, Mar. 14, 2004
NORTH MIAMI BEACH
Customer's slaying leaves family numb, police baffled
North Miami Beach homicide detectives have no motive for Saturday's execution-style murder at a doughnut shop drive-through.
BY DAVID OVALLE
[email protected]
WARREN HARDISON, North Miami Beach police sergeant
To support his wife and three children, Sean Romario Gee worked three jobs, one of them as a promoter for a North Miami Beach nightclub. He was returning from that gig early Saturday when he drove through a Dunkin' Donuts for a cup of coffee.
It was then, police say, that he was ambushed.
About 3:40 a.m., a man rushed Gee's car from behind, then pumped eight bullets into the 36-year-old before pushing his body aside and commandeering the car, said North Miami Beach Sgt. Warren Hardison.
The gunman abandoned the Nissan Maxima half a block away from the doughnut shop, at 95 NW 167th St. Drops of blood the size of nickels stained the pavement of the drive-through.
Detectives have no motive.
They say the shooter took a money bag -- which contained only paperwork related to the club -- from Gee's car, but that does not explain the execution-style attack.
Another question for police -- how did the killer get away?
Detectives have only a vague description of the gunman: dark-skinned, between five feet eight inches and six feet tall, wearing all black.
Although detectives obtained Dunkin' Donuts' video surveillance, they declined to say whether the shooting was captured on tape. It was not clear Saturday if there were witnesses.
HELP REQUESTED
Investigators are asking the public's help to see if anyone saw Gee get into a dispute at the Bermuda Bar and Grill, 3509 NE 163rd St., where Gee worked part time as a promoter.
''This was a family man who was working,'' Hardison said. ``It doesn't seem like a garden-variety robbery.''
At Gee's home in Northwest Miami-Dade County, family members and friends gathered to mourn, grasping for a motive.
Gee had no enemies, they said, and had an easy-going demeanor. Gee, who went by the nickname ''Chip,'' was proud of his stint in the Army, and always offered his home for family reunions.
''He was a kind, sweet person,'' said his brother, Tim Bostic, who works in The Herald print shop.
He worked at Home Depot, and had recently taken a part-time job driving transport trucks. A few years ago, Gee helped start a club on Friday nights at the Bermuda Bar, and worked tirelessly to promote it.
''He loved being around people,'' his mother, Joyce Barnes said.
LOVED MUSIC
And he loved his music.
In a room next to the kitchen, Gee and his buddies built a recording studio, with hand-crafted wood paneling and an array of equipment and instruments.
They called themselves Urban South Recordings. They recently recorded a funny rhyme just about their favorite foods.
Gee would stay up late working on music, sometimes asking his groggy wife to listen to his latest songs until the wee hours of the night.
On Saturday, Kerri Gee stood in the foam-padded studio, illuminated by lonely green light, and wiped the tears from her eyes. She wistfully reminded herself that she would have celebrated Gee's birthday next week.
The two married in the mid-1990s and had three boys. But they had been together much longer. Gee took her to the senior prom.
''He worked so hard,'' Kerri Gee said. ``All he wanted to do was provide for us.''
''He was a kind, sweet person,'' said his brother, Tim Bostic, who works in The Herald print shop.
Anyone with information can call North Miami Beach police at 305-949-5599.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/8181845.htm
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