Junior Catilus, 25, was shot and killed outside an IHOP in Miami Springs on June 18, 2018. He had just exited the restaurant and was walking to his car in the parking lot around 3:15 a.m. when he was struck multiple times. Catilus was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center but died of his injuries. A friend who had accompanied him was inside the restroom and did not see the shooting.

Detective Alvaro Zabaleta reported about a dozen evidence markers in the parking lot. The Miami-Dade Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but no arrests have been announced and the identity and motive of the shooter or shooters remain unknown. Catilus had prior charges including aggravated battery, obstructing police, and trespassing, though any connection to the killing is unclear.

If anyone has information about that early-morning shooting or saw activity in the IHOP parking lot around 3:15 a.m., please contact the Miami-Dade Police Department.