On June 6, 2024, two people were killed and a third wounded in an apartment at the Gables Ponce building, 320 Granello Avenue in Coral Gables. Police say officers responding about 9:40 a.m. found 41-year-old Lusine Melikyan and 60-year-old Matthew Vincent Roll dead; Melikyan’s 20-year-old son, Suren Mkrtchyan, was wounded and taken to Jackson South Hospital in critical but stable condition after surgery. The 911 caller was Mkrtchyan, who reported he had been shot and that two others had been shot in the apartment.

Investigators believe Roll was the shooter and that he and Melikyan were in a domestic partnership. The couple had moved to South Florida from California and were under severe financial strain: a January chapter 7 filing listed monthly income under $3,200 with rent over $3,500, and a judge signed an eviction order about a month after their debts were discharged. Police have not released a specific motive and the investigation remains open.

Does anyone have information about the couple’s time in Coral Gables or their neighbors at Gables Ponce?