>> YOU COULD SEE THE BONE. >> A 10-YEAR-OLD
Y.
Y. >> NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT AS MIAMI-DADE OFFICER FIGHTS FOR
HIS LIFE.
>> PLEASE CHECK ADELE THE
SECOND SUSPECT TIED TO THIS
TRAGIC CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT
BEGAN LAST NIGHT.
THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT DEAD AFTER
BEING FOUND HELD UP IN A HOTEL
ARMED WITH AN AK-47.
THE STANDOFF UNFOLDING LATE
TODAY JUST 24 HOURS AFTER
POLICE SAY HE WAS PART OF A
DANGEROUS DUAL CONNECTED TO A
ROBBERY AND EVENTUAL SHOOTOUT
WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT
ROBBERY INTERVENTION DETAIL.
[GUN SHOOTING] NEW VIDEO
CAPTURING THE EXCHANGE OF
GUNFIRE THAT CRITICALLY INJURED
DETECTIVE CESAR ECHAVERRY.
THE POLICE CHIEF EMOTIONAL AS
HE GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE
29-YEAR-OLD AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN WN AS ECHY.
>> OUR OFFICERS ARE HURTING
REAL BAD.
MAKE NO MISTAKE WE HAVE OUR
RESOLVE OVER STANDING TALL FOR
ECHY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
>> WERE FALLING EVERY ANGLE OF
THIS DEVELOPING STORY.
CHRISTA DELAROSA STUDY BY AT
THE HOSPITAL THE LATEST ON THE
OFFICERS CONDITION.
>> WE BEGIN WITH TERREL FORNEY
LEADING OFF WITH THE TAKEDOWN
OF A SOCKET SUSPECT.
TERRELL?
>> TO BACK TO BACK NIGHTS OF
FATAL POLICE INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS.
THAT IS A REALITY HERE.
ALL TIED TO ONE LARGER
INVESTIGATION.
THE LEAVES HAPPENING HERE AT
THIS HOTEL JUST OFF NORTHWEST
36 STREET WEST OF MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
OFFICERS WERE DRAWN HERE ALL
FOR SUSPECT WHEN TIES WITH THAT
MAN.
WHO APPARENTLY WAS INVOLVED IN
THIS INCIDENT THAT HAS LEFT
THAT MIAMI-DADE OFFICER
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.
FROM THE SHATTERED SECOND FLOOR
WINDOW IT’S CLEAR.
POLICE MOVED IN WITH FORCE.
THE EXTENDED STAY AMERICA
SUITES WHILE CARRYING OUT A
SEARCH WARRANT.
>> AS A RESULT OF THE
CONFRONTATION SHOTS WERE FIRED.
THE SUBJECT IS DISEASED.
>> SOURCES
>> SOURCES POSTED LOCAL 10 THIS IS THE AK-47 STYLE RIFLE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE ARMED SUSPECTS
MOTEL ROOM.
WHERE THINGS CAME TO A BLOODY
BEEN TIED TO AN ARMED ROBBERY
IN DANIA BEACH AT THIS
CONVENIENCE STORE ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
THE CLERK THERE SENT 2 MEN WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOLD UP AND
HE MANAGED TO SNAP A PHOTO OF
THEIR WHITE POWER.
WHICH INITIATED BELOW.
MONDAY NIGHT POLICE COURT OF
THE CART LIBERTY CITY.
AS OUR CAMERA SHOW, THE DRIVER
BARRELED THROUGH.
SPARKED A BRIEF PURSUIT.
[GUN SHOOTING] GUNFIRE ERUPTED
AT NORTHWEST 62ND STREET AND
SEVENTH AVENUE IN MIAMI AFTER
THAT MOMENT SUSPECT CRASHED AND
FLED ON FOOT.
MIAMI-DADE OFFICER CESAR
ECHAVERRY WAS
ECHAVERRY WAS CRITICALLY SHOT THAT ALTERCATION. THE FLEET SUSPECT 32-YEAR-OLD
JEREMY WILLIE HORTON WENT A
LONG RAP SHEET OUT OF GEORGIA
WAS SHOT DEAD.
THE INVESTIGATION TURNED TO
THIS MIAMI SPRINGS MOTEL
TUESDAY MORNING.
WHERE INVESTIGATORS APPARENTLY
TRACKED HORTON’S ACCOMPLICE IN
THAT BROWARD ROBBERY.
>> HAD THIS POP, POP, POP, POP.
INCLUDED SWOT SPENT HOURS IN
AND OUT OF THE MOTEL WHERE
PATRONS GREW MORE ANXIOUS BY
THE MINUTE.
>> I WAS IN MY ROOM BUT I HEARD
A LOT OF ARGUING AND BANGING ON
SHE WAS STAYING ON THE SECOND
FLOOR JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN
FROM WHERE ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED.
WE ALSO KNOW SHE TOLD US THAT
SHE SAW THAT SUSPECT JUST LAST
NIGHT.
HE WAS STAYING IN A ROOM WITH A
WOMAN AND 2 SMALL CHILDREN.
THERE WERE NO
SIGNS OF THE