Early Sunday an unknown gunmen shot and killed local poet Will “Da Real One” Bell outside the North Miami cafe where he had plied his trade for years and given a venue to countless other wordsmiths.
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Bell, 47, whose performances have been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, had just closed his business, the Literary Cafe and Poetry Lounge on 933 NE 125th Street, at about 12:40 a.m. and was walking to his car nearby when another car occupied by at least two men pulled up beside him, said Lt. Neal Cuevas of the North Miami Police Department.
A gunman leapt out from the passenger seat and fired multiple times at Bell, who died on the scene, Cuevas said. The men then fled in the car, but did not take any of Bell’s possessions, which included cash and jewelry.
Several witnesses, who had been inside The Literary Cafe earlier that night, offered police differing descriptions of the suspects’ car color as light and dark, with a spoiler on the rear.
Police ask that anyone with information on this crime contact the North Miami Police Department 305-891-8111 or Crimestoppers at 305-371-TIPS.
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Will “Da Real One’’ Bell shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
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Will “Da Real One’’ Bell shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
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Will “Da Real One’’ Bell shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
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Will “Da Real One’’ Bell shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
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Mourners gather to pay tribute to fallen poet, Will “Da Real One’’ Bell who was shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
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Mourners gather to pay tribute to fallen poet, Will “Da Real One’’ Bell who was shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
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Mourners gather to pay tribute to fallen poet, Will “Da Real One’’ Bell who was shot and killed outside a North Miami Cafe.
