Officers arrested an armed man on Tuesday accusing him of killing a locksmith in south Miami-Dade County’s West Perrine neighborhood.
Edwin Boyce Molina, a locksmith, was responding to a call for help at about 5:35 p.m., on Sunday, at 10642 SW 170 St., just steps away from the House of God Church.
A gunman shot him several times in the back and left him in the front yard, police said.
Officers identified the gunman as Andre Paul-Noel III. When officers detained him for questioning on Monday, Paul-Noel, 26, had a 9 mm handgun, according to the arrest form.
Molina’s family wanted answers, but officers reported Paul-Noel just couldn’t explain why he shot and killed him. He was 32.
Edwin Boyce Molina died when a man shot him as he was working as a locksmith on Sunday in West Perrine.
Paul-Noel’s behavior was so erratic while at the Miami-Dade Police Department’s headquarters in Doral that it prompted officers to commit him to a psychological evaluation.
Officers arrested Paul-Noel on Tuesday at the Palmetto Hospital in Hialeah. He is facing charges of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.
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Edwin Boyce Molina, a locksmith, was responding to a call for help at about 5:35 p.m., on Sunday, at 10642 SW 170 St., just steps away from the House of God Church.
A gunman shot him several times in the back and left him in the front yard, police said.
Officers identified the gunman as Andre Paul-Noel III. When officers detained him for questioning on Monday, Paul-Noel, 26, had a 9 mm handgun, according to the arrest form.
Molina’s family wanted answers, but officers reported Paul-Noel just couldn’t explain why he shot and killed him. He was 32.

Edwin Boyce Molina died when a man shot him as he was working as a locksmith on Sunday in West Perrine.
Paul-Noel’s behavior was so erratic while at the Miami-Dade Police Department’s headquarters in Doral that it prompted officers to commit him to a psychological evaluation.
Officers arrested Paul-Noel on Tuesday at the Palmetto Hospital in Hialeah. He is facing charges of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.
Family’s fundraiser
Read the arrest form’s narrative

Andre Paul-Noel III
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