Waldo Decoste, a 29-year-old Black man, was killed in a drive-by shooting on November 20, 2018, in Miami Shores, Florida. The shooting happened about 3 a.m. while Decoste was sitting in his car near Northwest 111th Terrace and Second Avenue. An unknown person or persons pulled up and opened fire, striking him multiple times. He was taken first to Miami Shores Hospital and then transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he later died.

Miami Shores Police and Miami-Dade Police described the shooting as potentially gang-related but had not determined a clear motive. Authorities were asking the public for help identifying the shooter or shooters. Decoste’s father, Jean Francois Decoste, spoke publicly about his grief and urged anyone with information to come forward.

There have also been civil proceedings connected to Decoste’s death. On September 6, 2019, Paulette Smalling filed a family lawsuit in Miami-Dade County involving child custody and DNA testing; the court held hearings about releasing Decoste’s blood sample for DNA testing and the matter remained pending.

Did anyone in the Miami Shores area see or hear anything that night that could help with this investigation?