A Miami-Dade Death Row inmate who, along with four other men, ambushed and gunned down a North Miami police officer during a bank robbery, is scheduled to be executed soon.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for Ricardo Gonzalez, 56, who was convicted and condemned to die for the Jan. 3, 1992, murder of Officer Steven Bauer, 39. Bauer, a father of three, grew up in North Miami and had been a police officer for 12 years.
Gonzalez’s execution is scheduled for Dec. 1 at Florida State Prison in Raiford.
Bauer, who was working in uniform, was shot twice — with one of the bullets piercing his heart — during a robbery at Kislak National Bank, 13490 NW Seventh Ave. Gonzalez and four other men participated in $17,000 heist, which began around 7:50 a.m., 10 minutes before opening time, according to the Miami Herald’s archives…