THEIR PHONES, I'M SURE EVERYONE
IS TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT'S
GOING ON.
WE KNOW THIS STARTED WITH AN
ARMED ROBBERY.
THERE HE IS!
ED HUDAK, CHIEF OF POLICE.
LOOKS LIKE HE IS GETTING READY
TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
CHIEF HUDAK: GOOD EVENING.
THIS AFTERNOON, AT
APPROXIMATELY 4:14, THE CORAL
GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT
RECEIVED A SILENT HOLDUP ALARM
AT THE JEWELRY STORE BEHIND ME.
OFFICERS RESPONDED WITHIN A
MINUTE AND A HALF.
WITHIN THAT MINUTE AND A HALF,
SUBJECTS EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH
THE PROPRIETOR WHO ALSO FIRED
BACK.
AS WE ARRIVED, THERE WAS ALSO
SUBSEQUENT BULLETS THAT LANDED
ACROSS THE STREET AT CITY HALL.
FROM HERE, THE SUBJECTS LEFT IN
A VEHICLE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF
THIS LOCATION TO MARIANNA
STREET.
AT AT THAT TIME AT GUNPOINT
THEY ABDUCTED A U.P.S.
TRUCK AND DRIVER.
THE INCIDENTS YOU WATCHED
RECENTLY THAT ENDED UP IN
BROWARD COUNTY IS A RESULT OF
THE INCIDENT AND CONNECTED TO
THE RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED
HERE THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, THE MIAMI-DADE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR STATE
AND FEDERAL PARTNERS IN THE
FBI, FD THERE.
E, CORAL GABLES POLICE WILL ALL
BE INVESTIGATING IT JOINTLY AND
PUT OUT MORE INFORMATION.
AT THIS TIME, ANY OTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE CORAL
GABLES POLICE WILL BE
DISSEMINATED FROM THE SCENE IN
BROWARD COUNTY.
WITH THIS, I'LL TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS A WOMAN -- [
INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WORKS
IN THE STORE THAT WAS INJURED
AT THE SCENE.
I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF HER
INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
NO CONFIRMATION.
SHE WAS A WORKER WHO
APPROACHED THE MAN WHO -- WHAT
HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE
APPROACHED THEM BUT MY
UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT THERE
WAS AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS A
FEMALE THAT WAS INJURED DURING
THE ROBBERY.
[ POOR AUDIO ] .
THE U.P.S.
DRIVER WE BELIEVE WAS DOING A
DELIVERY HERE IN CORAL GABLES.
THE GETAWAY TRUCK THAT WAS USED
WAS FOUND AT THAT LOCATION.
IT HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE
CORAL GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WILL BE PROCESSED.
AT THAT TIME, THE INDIVIDUALS
ABDUCTED THE DRIVER OF THE
TRUCK AS WELL AS THE TRUCK
ITSELF WHICH MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DEPARTMENT GOT BEHIND SOMETIME
AGO AND IT UNDER FOLDED IN
BROWARD COUNTY WHERE THE
SITUATION WAS TERMINATED.
WAS THAT DRIVER HURT?
I DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
I HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE.
I'M STILL HERE.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN
BROWARD COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
AND AGAIN, WHEN I GET THERE,
I'LL BE BRIEFED ON THAT WHEN I
GET THERE BY THE ASSIGNED
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HANDLING
AT THAT TIME.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE AREA BLOCKING THE ROAD.
IT'S A BUSY PART OF TH GABLES.
I WILL TELL YOU OUR RESPONSE
TIME WAS LESS THAN A MINUTE AND
A HALF TO WHAT WAS A SILENT
HOLDUP ALARM AND OUR CLOSEST
UNIT WAS ABOUT 800 TO 1,000
FEET AWAY ON A TRAFFIC STOP AND
RESPONDED ON FOOT IMMEDIATELY.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
WE GOT THE FIRST CALL WAS A
SILENT HOLDUP ALARM AT THE
STORE.
THEN WE GOT ANOTHER ALARM FROM
CITY HALL OR A CALL IN FROM OUR
SECURITY FORCES THAT WORK AT
CITY HALL TAPE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CORDONED OFF
BOTH AREAS IN BOTH CRIME
SCENES.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES --
I DON'T KNOW THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A
GENTLEMAN AS WELL AS A WOMAN.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
THEY DID NOT.
AGAIN, WHEN WE GOT THE SECOND
CALL THAT WE RESPONDED TO, I
THINK IT WAS WITHIN 30 SECONDS
OF THE CARJACKING THAT TOOK
PLACE JUST NORTH OF THIS
LOCATION.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
I CAN'T CONFIRM IT.
WE HAVE THE CAR IN CUSTODY.
AND WE ARE PROCESSING IT.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OR
ROBBERY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WAS
TAKEN OR NOT.
AND UNTIL THE CRIME SCENE
PEOPLE GET A CHANCE TO PROCESS
EVERYTHING, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT
SPECIFICALLY.
I KNOW GUNFIRE TOOK PLACE HERE
AT THIS LOCATION.
CROSS THE COUNTY LINE FROM
DADE TO BROWARD, VERY DANGEROUS
FOR EVERYBODY ON THE ROAD.
TALK ABOUT YOUR OFFICERS
WORKING --
WELL, I MEAN, MY OFFICERS
RESPONDED BUT THEY WERE PRETTY
FAR BEHIND IT.
SO WE HAVE HAD HAD PEOPLE SET
UP THERE.
THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, I SAW EXACTLY WHAT
EVERYBODY ELSE SAW ALONG WITHBL
OTHER BROWARD COUNTY UNITS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT
DANGEROUS PEOPLE DO TO GET
AWAY.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO TO
AVOID CAPTURE.
PEOPLE GIVE UP AND ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES.
THEN WE WOULDN'T PUT THESE MANY
PEOPLE IN DANGER.
AS FAR AS -- I SAW WHAT YOU SAW
ON TV.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ADMIRABLE
ABOUT THE WAY IT WENT ON AND I
HEARD THE SAME RUMORS THAT
SHOTS WERE FIRED.
I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT DURING THE
CHASE UNTIL I GET UP THERE AND
BRIEFED BY MY COUNTERPARTS IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY FBI WAS
INVOLVED?
THEY ARE ASSISTING.
I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN
ASSISTANCE FROM EVERYBODY THAT
CALLED, ATF, FBI, AGAIN, WITH
THE ABDUCTION, THEY CAN HANDLE
THE ABDUCTION AND THE ROBBERY.
THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE
YET UNTIL I GET BACK UP TO
BROWARD COUNTY.
BULLETS LANDED ACROSS THE
STREET.
CAN YOU GIVE US MORE DETAIL ON
HOW MANY BULLETS WERE SHOT?
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE NOW
IS ONE BULLET THAT HIT CITY
HALL.
ONE OF THE WINDOWS.
THE EMPLOYEES IN THERE ARE ALL
FIRE.
WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED OUR
PROTOCOLS IN CITY HALL AND
LOCKED DOWN AS WELL AS THE
ENTIRE AREA.
AGAIN, PRIOR TO OUR BEING ABLE
TO LOCK EVERYTHING DOWN, THEY
WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT A FEW
BLOCKS AWAY.
A LOT OF BULLET CASINGS
BEHIND THE BUILDING.
IS THAT WHERE -- ALLEY BEHIND
THE BUILDING?
YOU KNOW MORE THAN I DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE EXCHANGE
OF GUNFIRE TOOK PLACE.
ANY EYEWITNESSES THAT WERE
ON THE SIDEWALK?
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED.
ANY IDEA ABOUT THE WEAPON?
RIFLE ASSAULT RIFLE?
HANDGUN?
I HAVEN'T HAD THAT
INFORMATION.
I THINK AGAIN, FROM HERE, WE'RE
ALL ONGOING BACK UP TO BROWARD
COUNTY WHERE THIS INCIDENT
ENDED AND WHEN THAT DOES -- IF
WE MORE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE,
WE'LL PROVIDE IT THEN.
WE'RE NOW LEARNING THAT BOTH
PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE U.P.S.
TRUCK HAVE HAD -- YOUR THOUGHTS
ON HOW THIS ENDED.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE U.P.S.
DRIVER.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
CONFIRM AND NO ONE HAS TOLD ME
THE STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUALS
UP THERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A HOSTAGE
SITUATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE
SIGN UP TO DO BUT THESE PEOPLE
DON'T AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN
MATTERS GET LIKE THIS, IT'S
JUST DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LET ALONE OUR SOCIETY THAT
INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING UP, THEY
CHOSE TO DO THIS.
HOW MANY SUSPECTS --
THERE WERE TWO SUBJECTS
CONFIRMED LEAVING AND THE
DESCRIPTIONS THAT WE HAD DID
MATCH THE PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK
AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING IN
BROWARD COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THE TREE LIGHTING IS
TOMORROW.
AND HAS -- THAT'S UP TO THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE CITY
MANAGER.
ANY OFFICERS HURT?
MY UNDERSTANDING -- NONE OF
MY OFFICERS WAS HURT IN THEIR
RESPONSE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF ALL
THE OFFICERS THAT WERE INVOLVED
IN BROWARD COUNTY.
CHIEF, CAN YOU BALLPARK US
THROUGH THE VERY BASIC FACTS
THAT YOU KNOW AND -- CAN YOU
BALLPARK US THROUGH THE VERY
BASIC FACTS THAT YOU KNOW AND
CAN CON FIRM
THIS AT 4:17 WE GOT A SILENT
ALARM.
AT 4:17 AND 30 SECONDS WE GOT
RECALLED FROM THE SECURITY
GUARD AT CITY HALL THAT SHOTS
HAD BEEN FIRED AT CITY HALL.
THAT WAS LOCKED DOWN.
OUR UNITS RESPONDED IN PROBABLY
A MINUTE AND 40 SECONDS.
AT WHICH TIME THEY IMMEDIATELY
CORDONED OFF THE AREA.
THE SUBJECTS WERE NOT HERE
PRIOR TO US ESTABLISHING.
THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AFTER
WE GOT A CALL ABOUT A
CARJACKING OF A U.P.S.
TRUCK.
AND WHICH EVENTUALLY TURNED
INTO A HOSTAGE SITUATION WITH
U.P.S.
DRIVER.
ONE PERSON IN THE JEWELER'S WAS
INJURED.
BECAUSE THIS IS STILL UNFOLDING
AND NOW I HAVE TO GO UP TO
BROWARD COUNTY, IF ANYTHING
ELSE DEVELOPS THAT WE CAN TALK
ABOUT LATER ON, I'LL PUT IT OUT
THERE WITH MY COL LEASING THAT
WILL ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC
INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT
LOCATION.
THEY ARE ON LOCKDOWN AND I