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Lester Reid, a 36-year-old cook at a Chili’s in Miami Gardens, was shot and killed on April 3, 2017, after a dispute with a female co-worker. The co-worker, who had been on the job about three weeks, had ongoing conflicts with Reid and sent a text to her boyfriend, 31-year-old Arturo Exum. Surveillance footage shows Exum entering the restaurant, walking to the kitchen, and shooting Reid multiple times at close range; Reid was struck in the chest and later pronounced dead at Aventura Hospital.

Exum fled but was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he was held without bond and chose to remain silent in court. Co-workers identified Exum in a photographic lineup and the shooting was captured on the restaurant’s surveillance cameras. Reid’s widow, Claudine Wilson-Reid, described him as a devoted family man.

If anyone worked at that Chili’s or witnessed the shooting and has more information, please share what you know.