Reginald Joseph, 44 and a Miami resident, was fatally shot on May 7, 2019 outside Cesar’s Barbershop in Little Haiti. He was found wounded next to a gray 2015 Lexus and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. The shooting was linked in reports to an alleged drug deal gone wrong.

The Miami Police Department arrested three men in connection with the killing: Esaie Desir, Alex Alexander, and Latravius Rolle. Rolle, 20, admitted arranging a meeting to buy a large quantity of Oxycodone pills and was driving Desir’s Lexus, which remained at the scene along with bullet casings and other evidence. Desir, 22, and Alexander, 27, were reported to have changed clothes; blood-stained garments were recovered in a nearby dumpster and bathtub. Firearms were recovered as well, and the three faced charges that included second-degree murder, conspiracy to traffic Oxycodone, and various weapons and drug counts.

Anyone with information about Joseph, the meeting outside Cesar’s Barbershop, or the events that led to the shooting is asked to come forward.