On June 5, 2023, 21-year-old Henry Junior Pericles was shot and killed in northeast Miami-Dade during what police say began as a drug transaction. Two people, 20-year-old Eymon Manuel Leatherwood and 19-year-old Gemika Dubuisson, allegedly arranged to buy marijuana from Pericles but had no money and planned to rob him. The meeting occurred in the 20000 block of Northeast 13th Court, near Pericles’ home.

According to arrest reports, a price argument broke out after Pericles approached Dubuisson’s car. Leatherwood saw Pericles with a gun in his waistband and then pulled his own gun and shot Pericles in the torso. Pericles ran toward cover, collapsed on a front porch, and was taken to Aventura Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:09 p.m.

Police later found Dubuisson’s silver Chevy Malibu in Opa-locka; the car had been covered with a tarp and the rims painted black. Dubuisson and Leatherwood were arrested, confessed to involvement, and face first-degree murder/robbery and tampering with evidence charges, held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with bond set at $1.1 million.

Did anyone in northeast Miami-Dade see the Chevy Malibu or the suspects around June 5, 2023?