.
NONE OF OUR OFFICERS
DISCHARGED ANY WEAPON BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO.
THE OFFICER WAS AMBUSHED.
Constance: BREAKING NEWS.
AN OFFICER SHOT IN MIAMI
GARDENS AS YOU JUST HEARD HE
WAS AMBUSHED WHILE ON DUTY.
SHOT NEAR NORTHWEST 183rd
STREET.
THE SUSPECT LATER CAUGHT AT
183rd STREET AND 32nd AVENUE.
Eric: WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE.
BEN KENNEDY AND BLAIR
LIVINGSTON HAVE ALL IT STARTED
AND ENDED ANDER CRAY RAKO AT
AVENTURA HOSPITAL WHERE THE
OFFICER IS BEING TREATED RIGHT
NOW.
BEGIN OUR COVERAGE WITH BEN.
Reporter: ERIC, THIS OFFICER
HAD NO TIME TO ACT.
IT HAPPENED SO FAST.
HE WAS SHOT AT BY A PASSING
DRIVER.
IN FACT THAT IS THE GUNMAN'S
SUV THERE IN THE DISTANCE
COVERED BY A YELLOW TARP ON THE
CORNER OF NORTHWEST 32nd AVENUE
AND 183rd STREET.
THE OFFICER DID REMAIN CALM
AFTER GETTING SHOT, CALLED IN
HELP AND THEN WENT TO TRACK
DOWN AND CATCH THE BAD GUY.
MIAMI GARDENS POLICE OFFICER
WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT FRIDAY
MORNING.
IT HAPPENED WHILE HE SAT IN HIS
PATROL CAR WRITE
PATROL CAR WRITING A REPORT AT
NORTHWEST 7th AVENUE AND 183rd
STREET.
THERE THAT A BLACK BMW PASSED
BY AND THE DRIVER PUT ON THE
BRAKES.
THE VEHICLE MADE CONTACT
WITH HIM VISUALLY, BACKED UP,
AND AMBUSHED THE OFFICER BY
DISCHARGING A FIREARM IN A
DIRECTION OF THE OFFICER.
Reporter: OFFICER DAVID ST
Reporter: OFFICER DAVID
STARLING WAS HIT ONCE BY A
BULLET, CALLED IN BACKUP AND
STARTED TO CHASE THE BMW.
MORE POLICE JOINED THE PURSUIT
AS THE GUNMAN PULLED THE
TRIGGER FIRING SHOTS AT THE
SQUAD CARS.
LEANED OUT THE WINDOW WITH A
FIREARM AND BEGAN TO FIRE AT
THE OFFICER IN PURSUIT OF THEM.
I HEARD A BANG.
Reporter: THE SUV CRASHED
INTO A TRUCK ON NORTHWEST 132nd
AVENUE AND THE BAD GUY TOOK OFF
ON FOOT TO BE CAUGHT LATER IN A
NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OFFICER
STARLING WAS BROUGHT TO A
NEARBY HOSPITAL.
YOU HAVE THAT MUCH HATE AND
AGGRESSION TO ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSINATE A POLICE OFFICER
WHO IS PAID TO PROTECT AND
SERVE, THERE IS NO
JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.
Reporter: THE SKY 10 HD WAS
OVERHEAD OF THIS SCENE MOMENTS
AFTER IT ENDED.
NOW THIS ALL HAPPENED SO FAST
NONE OF THE OFFICERS DID FIRE
BACK.
THE GUNMAN'S NAME HAS NOT BEEN
RELEASED.
THEY DID, HOWEVER, RECOVER AND
FIND HIS WEAPON.
BACK LIVE TO THE SCENE HERE IN
MIAMI GARDENS.
VERY ACTIVE.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE MORE THAN
THREE HOURS SINCE THIS POLICE
SHOOTING.
THE OFFICER SHOT AT -- AND
OFFICERS ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING.
IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY
WHY THIS GUNMAN DID THIS.
THAT IS WHAT POLICE ARE NOW
TRYING TO FIND OUT.
REPORTING LIVE IN MIAMI GARDE
REPORTING LIVE IN MIAMI
GARDENS, BEN KENNEDY, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
Eric: OKAY, BEN, THANK YOU.
GO TO LAREN LIVINGTON.
Constance: LIVE IN MIAMI
GARDENS WHERE THAT OFFICER WAS
SHOT.
Reporter: YOU HAVE BEEN
HEARING BEN SPEAKING OF THIS
INVESTIGATION.
A MOBILE COMMAND UNIT ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS PARKING LOT
WHERE THIS OFFICER'S SUV IS
SITTING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT BACK WINDOW
SHATTERED OUT LIKELY BECAUSE OF
THE BULLETS SHOT INTO THIS
CRUISER HERE ON THE SIDE OF
THIS PARKING LOT.
SPEAKING OF THIS PARKING LOT, I
WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
IF SAM WILL FOLLOW ME THIS WAY,
A BUSY PLACE.
A FURNITURE STORY, A WIRELESS
STORE, A BEAUTY SUPPLY HERE,
AND A SUPERMARKET HERE.
NONE OF THE CUSTOMERS AND
EMPLOYEES INSIDE OF THOSE
PARTICULAR FACILITIES WERE HURT
WHEN THESE BULLETS STARTED
FLYING.
AS THAT OFFICER DOVE FOR COVER,
PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY SHOPPING
STRIP WONDERED WHAT IN THE
WORLD JUST HAPPENED.
I HEARD A TRUCK.
AND I SEEN THE -- THE REAR
WINDOW OF THE POLICE SUV WAS
POPPED RIGHT THERE.
I SAW A WINDOW FALL DOWN.
Reporter: THAT MAN AND HIS
WIFE WERE INSIDE A NEARBY
DENTAL CLINIC WHEN THE SHOTS
STARTED FIRING.
WE ALSO TALKED TO A WOMAN WHO
WORKS AT A NEARBY LAUNDROMAT.
I NOTICED THE POLICE OFFICER
SITTING IN HIS TRUCK.
THAT IS NOTHING NORMAL --
NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Reporter: THEY DO THAT ALL
THE TIME.
RIGHT.
Reporter: SHE ASKED US NOT
TO SHOW HER FACE BECAUSE THIS
SHOOTING HITS ESPECIALLY CLOSE
TO HOME.
YOU SEE, HER OWN DAUGHTER WORKS
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I AM CONCERNED.
THAT'S --
Reporter: WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE
UP AND START SHOOTING AT POLICE
OFFICERS IN THE PARKING LOT.
EXACTLY.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY CHILD
OUT THERE.
Reporter: AND WE ARE LIVE
STILL HERE IN MIAMI GARDENS.
SKY 10 WAS OVER THIS SCENE
MONITORING THINGS FROM ABOVE,
AND WE ARE DOWN BELOW WHERE
THIS INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WA
THIS INVESTIGATION IS UNDER
WAY.
SOME CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS
ACTUALLY JUST WALKED INTO -- OR
OUT OF THIS AREA HERE INTO ONE
OF THE POLICE UNITS HERE WITH
BAGS OF EVIDENCE.
THEY ARE STILL COLLECTING HERE
ON THIS SCENE.
WE DO KNOW AFTER SPEAKING WITH
THAT WOMAN WHO WORKS IN THAT
LAUNDROMAT THAT A DETECTIVE
WENT INSIDE THERE ASKING FOR
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, SOMETHING
THAT WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT, AND
SO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO COME
BACK HERE TO SEE IF THEY CAN
GET ACCESS TO THAT TO SEE IF
WILL HELP THEM AS PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
ANYTHING FURTHER WE LEARN WILL
BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
LAYRON LIVINGSTON, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
Eric: LAYRON, THANK YOU.
THAT OFFICER IS IN GOOD
CONDITION.
Constance: BEING TREATED AT
AVENTURA HOSPITAL.
ERIKA IS LIVE AND CONTINUES OUR
COVERAGE.
ERIKA.
Reporter: CONSTANCE AND ER
Reporter: CONSTANCE AND
ERIC, I AM TOLD THAT OFFICER IS
OKAY HERE AT AVENTURA HOSPITAL
IN GOOD SPIRITS.
HE IS ANGRY AND WORRY
HE IS ANGRY AND WORRIED ABOUT
OTHER OFFICERS WORKING OUT ON
THE STREETS THESE DAYS.
HE HAS BEEN A POLICE OFFICER
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
OFFICER DAVID STARLING WORKED
AT THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE FOR TEN YEARS FROM 1989
TO '99 BEFORE COME TOGETHER
MIAMI GARDENS POLICE DEPARTM
MIAMI GARDENS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE TOLD HE IS UP.
HE IS TALKING.
AND HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
IT WAS A TOTAL AMBUSH.
LIKE I SAID, HE HAD A GUARDIAN
ANGEL WATCHING OVER HIM,
BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF
BULLETS THAT WERE SHOT INTO HIS
VEHICLE AND HE WAS ONLY STRUCK
ONCE.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A
BREAKDOWN OF CIVILIZATION AS WE
KNOW IT.
OUR LIVES, ALL OF OUR LIVES,
ARE BEING CHANGED WITH THE
BREAKDOWN OF THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM, THE BREAK DOWN OF
SOCIETY.
AND THINGS GOING TO GET TOUGH
AND THINGS GOING TO GET
TOUGHER.
FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEA
FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE
YEARS, I HAVE BEEN SAYING THE
STREETS HAVE BEEN GETTING
MEANER AND MORE VIOLENT, AND
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE
BYPRODUCTS THAT WE ARE SEEING.
Reporter: A FEW OFFICERS
HERE AND THERE HAVE BEEN COMING
IN OUT OF A VENTURA HOSPITAL TO
VISIT OFFICER STARLING.
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARRIVING
HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AGENCIES AND OFFICERS FROM ALL
OVER HAVE BEEN POSTING COMMENTS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHOWING THEIR
SUPPORT FOR OFFICER STARLING,
WISHING HIM WELL, PRAYING FOR
HIM.
WE WILL, OF COURSE, FOLLOW HIS
PROGRESS AND KEEP YOU UPDATED
ON HOW HE IS DOING FROM THE
HOSPITAL.
LIVE IN AVENTURA THIS AFTERN
LIVE IN AVENTURA THIS
AFTERNOON, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
Eric: OUR CONTINUING
COVERAGE DOES CONTINUE ON THIS
OFFICER SHOT IN MIAMI GARDENS.