Bond Denied For Teen Charged In Gas Station Owner's Death

MIAMI (CBS4) – The 15-year-old boy charged with the murder of a popular gas station owner has been denied bond.

Damu Bridgewater appeared in bond court Friday. He's accused of killing 58-year-old Shahid Mahmood who was shot several times while sitting in his car after he had finishing working his late night shift on August 11th.

An arrest affidavit states Bridgewater shot Mahmood because the teen allegedly "had a beef with him."

Bridgewater lives just blocks away from Mahmood's Amerika Gas Station at 15685 NW 22nd Avenue and was described as a regular customer.

Bridgewater also faces an attempted armed robbery charge. He is being held at a juvenile assessment facility. The arrest affidavit also says a second witness told police that the teen suspect had bragged about committing the crime.

Friends and family described Mahmood has a committed husband and father, a kind and loving man with no enemies.

Mahmood had run the gas station for only 8 months with a partner.