>>> DEVELOPING NOW, A MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER FIGHTING FOR HI HIS LIFE AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN
MIAMI.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AFTER
OFFICERS SPOTTED A CAR BELIEVED
TO BE INVOLVED INVOLVED THIS AN
ROBBERY.
>>> LET’S START WITH LOCAL 10
NEWS REPORTER ANNALIESE GARCIA
LIVE AT THE SCENE IN MIAMI.
>> COVERAGE THE SCENE HAS BEEN
ACTIVE FOR HOURS NOW AND AS YOU
CAN SEE BEHIND ME OFFICERS ARE
STILL HERE INVESTIGATING.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS THE LEAD HERE.
NOW, WE JUST SAW MOMENTS AGO THE
BODY OF THE SUBJECT, THE PERSON
WHO DIED HERE BEING REMOVED AND
RIGHT NOW THIS CONTINUES, THIS
SCENE HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE
8:00 P.M. WHEN THIS HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT.
>> WE HAVE HARD DAYS AHEAD OF
US.
WE HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER AS
ONE, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT FAMILY.
>> THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
GATHERING WITH HEAVY HEARTS
AFTER ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS
STRUCK BY GUNFIRE IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
>> THIS EVENING A MIAMI-DADE
POLICE OFFICER IN THE ROBBERY
INTERVENTION DETAIL WAS
CRITICALLY SHOT BY AN ARMED
SUBJECT WHILE PROTECTING THIS
COMMUNITY.
>> MIAMI-DADE POLICE TELLS US
THIS ALL STARTED WITH A GROUP OF
ROBBERY DETECTIVES WHO LOCATED A
CAR INVOLVED IN A ROBBERY MONDAY
AROUND 8:00 P.M.
OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING WHEN
THAT WHITE SEDAN TRIED TO FLEE.
MISSION SAY THAT CAR THEN
CRASHED INTO AT CAR NEAR
NORTHWEST 602ND STREET.
>>> THE POLICE DAME CAME AND
STARTED SHOOTING AT HIM.
SO I HEARD LIKE 20 SHOTS.
>> BOTH THE SUBJECT AND THE
VICTIM WERE SHOT.
THE DETECTIVE WAS TRANSPORTED TO
RIDER TRAUMA IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
POLICE SAY THE SUBJECT DIED ON
THE SCENE.
>> I ASK OUR FELLOW OFFICERS TO
STAND AS ONE FOR THE OFFICER AND
THE FAMILY AND I ASK OUR
COMMUNITY TO PLEASE STAND AS ONE
AND PRAY.
>> INVESTIGATORS WORKING THE
SCENE FOR HOURS, BLOCKS IT
HAPPENED OFF TAPED OFF AND
EVIDENCE MARKERS ON THE GROUND,
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
BACK OUTHERE LIVE, TAKING
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATION UNITS, AGAIN THIS
HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR QUITE SOME
TIME NOW.
NOW, WE DO KNOW THIS DETECTIVE
AT LAST CHECK WAS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
AS SOON AS WE GET MORE UPDATEs
WE’LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW,
FOR NOW LIVE IN NORTHEAST
MIAMI-DADE.
>>> NOW OUR TEAM COVERAGE IS
TURNING TO PARKER BRANTON LIVE
OUTSIDE JACKPOT WITH THE SHOW OF
SUPPORT FOR THE OFFICER SHOT.
>>> THIS POLICE DETECTIVE IN THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, A SEA OF OFFICERS
COMING TO THE HOSPITAL TO SHOW
SUPPORT.
ONE BY ONE POLICE CARS RUSHING
TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,
OUT EMERGENCY ROOM DOORS
OFFICERS FROM THE MIAMI-DADE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF
MIAMI POLICE CONSOLING EACH
OTHER AND PRAYING.
>> WE’RE HERE IN SOLIDARITY
WAITING PATIENTLY, THE OFFICER
IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
>>> THIS MIAMI-DADE DETECTIVE
WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION
WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT IN
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE.
THE MIAMI-DADE MAYOR ASKING
EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER TO
SHOW SUPPORT.
>> ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS WAIT AND
PRAY.
AND BE TOGETHER SO WE ASK ALL OF
YOU TO JOIN US IN PRAYERS AND
SPORT FOR THE FAMILY AND THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY THAT IS ON
VIGIL, ON STANDBY DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
>> THE ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT
DEAD ON THE SCENE, AGAIN THAT
MIAMI-DADE POLICE DETECTIVE HERE
AT THE HOSPITAL, AT LAST CHECK
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET THE
LATEST ON HOW THAT OFFICER IS
DOING AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW
WE’LL PASS IT ALONG.
FOR NOW LIVE AT JACKSON MEMORIAL