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>> LOCAL 10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> RIGHT NOW AT 6:00, A
TERRIFYING SHOOT OUT CAUGHT ON
CAMERA.
TWO DORAL POLICE OFFICERS SHOT
WHEN THEY SUDDENLY CAME UNDER
FIRE.
>> ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS WAS
SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AND RUSHED
TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
>> THOSE OFFICERS RESPONDING
TO CALLS OF ROAD RAGE WHEN
THEY SUDDENLY CAME UNDER FIRE.
>> THE SUSPECT WHO PULLED THE
TRIGGER WAS SHOT DEAD BY
POLICE.
IAN MARGOL LEADS US OFF WITH
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM
DORAL, IAN?
>> IT WAS ABSOLUTE CHAOS HERE
HOURS AGO.
AS WE ZOOMED DOWN NORTHWEST
25TH STREET DOWN TOWARDS 93RD
AVENUE, THE SCENE IS
SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
TWO OFFICERS HURT BY GUN FIRE.
THE SHOOTER NOW DEAD.
AN EXCHANGE OF GUN FIRE IN
DORAL FRIDAY.
SENDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO
THE HOSPITAL AND KILLING
ANOTHER MAN.
ACCORDING TO DORAL POLICE, IT
STARTED OUTSIDE OF THE AREA
WITH SOME KIND OF ALTERCATION
BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE AND THEN
BECAME A CHASE.
OFFICERS BEGAN RESPONDING TO
THE AREA AND SAW A CAR SPIN
OUT ON NORTHWEST .25TH STREET
NEAR 92ND AVENUE BEFORE
SLAMMING INTO A TREE.
WHEN THEY WENT TO CHECK ON THE
DRIVER, THAT MAN APPARENTLY
GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND BEGAN
SHOOTING AT THEM.
>> HE STRUCK THE OFFICER’S
VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES.
THE OFFICER AND OTHER OFFICERS
THAT WERE IN THE VICINITY
OPENED FIRE.
THEY STRUCK THE SUBJECT.
>> WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER, THE
MAN FROM THE BMW WAS KILLED.
TWO OFFICERS WERE HURT.
ONE WHO WAS IN THIS CRUISER
WAS GRAZED ON THE CHEEK WITH
SHRAPNEL OR GLASS AND THE
OTHER WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES
IN THE ARM, LEG AND CHEST.
BOTH ARE NOW IN HOSPITALS
RECOVERING AND ARE EXPECTED TO
PULL THROUGH.
>> IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED
EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH ANOTHER
AGENCY IN SOUTH FLORIDA, IT’S
JUST A STARK REMINDER OF THE
DANGER THAT OUR OFFICERS FACE
EVERY DAY.
>> FOR NOW WE’RE LIVE IN DORAL, I’M IAN MARGOL, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> IAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS SHOT
AT LEAST THREE TIMES.
BUT THANKFULLY HE WAS WEARING
HIS BULLETPROOF VEST.
LOCAL 10’S ALEX FINNIE
CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE
FROM JACKSON MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL.
>> THOSE TWO OFFICERS WERE
TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS.
ONE WAS BROUGHT RIGHT HERE TO
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S
RYDER TRAUMA CENTER.
HE’S STILL LISTED IN SERIOUS
BUT STABLE CONDITION.
>> TWO OFFICERS SHOT IN DORAL
THIS MORNING DURING A GUN FIRE
EXCHANGE WITH A SUBJECT.
ONE TAKEN TO KENDALL REGIONAL
HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES.
THE OTHER BROUGHT TO JACKSON
WEST AND TRANSFERRED HERE TO
RYDER TRAUMA CENTER.
HE’S IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE
CONDITION AFTER GETTING SHOT
IN THE ARM, CHEST AND LEG.
>> HE’S RESTING.
THE FAMILY’S THERE AND THANK
GOD THAT WE THINK HE’S GONNA
BE OKAY.
>> ACCORDING TO DORAL’S MAYOR,
THE OFFICER HERE AT JMH IS IN
GOOD SPIRITS AND UNDER
MEDICATION BUT FAR FROM OUT OF
THE WOODS.
WE’VE LEARNED THAT HE’S IN HIS
.20’S AND HAS BEEN WITH THE
DEPARTMENT FOR SOME TIME.
>> I TOLD THEM LISTEN, WE’RE
WITH YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, THE WHOLE
CITY’S BEHIND YOU.
HE’S VERY TIRED.
HE SAID THANK YOU.
I THINK HE’S JUST HAPPY TO SEE
HIS FAMILY.
>> THE OTHER OFFICER WHO WAS
TRANSPORTED TO KENDALL
REGIONAL WAS INJURED IN THE
CHEEK.
>> THE SECOND OFFICER RECEIVED
A GRAZE TO THE LEFT CHEEK
EITHER FROM GLASS OR SHRAPNEL.
HE WAS FINE.
>> THAT OFFICER THAT WAS SHOT
IN THE CHEST WAS WEARING A
BULLETPROOF VEST AT THE TIME.
ANYTHING MORE THAT I LEARN,
I’LL BE SURE TO PASS IT ALONG
TO YOU RIGHT HERE ON AIR BUT
ALSO MAKE SURE YOU STAY WITH
OUR WEBSITE Local10.com FOR
THE VERY LATEST ON THESE
OFFICER’S CONDITIONS.
FOR NOW THAT’S THE VERY LATEST
IN FRONT OF JACKSON MEMORIAL’S
RYDER TRAUMA CENTER, ALEX
FINNIE, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> ALEX, THANKS A LOT.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED RIGHT
BEFORE NOON ON A BUSY
INTERSECTION IN DORAL.
LOCAL 10’S ANDREW PEREZ PICKS
UP THAT PART OF OUR STORY
RIGHT NOW.
ANDREW?
>> IN SPANISH, CARLO SAYS
THERE WERE A BUNCH OF SHOTS.
>> HE SAYS HE TOOK OFF IN HIS
CAR.
THE SHOTS RINGING OUT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM MIAMI-DADE
POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
>> THIS IS THE BUSIEST ARTERY
IN THE CITY, ONE OF THE
BUSIEST.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF VEHICLES THAT WERE
TRAVELING.
>> DORAL POLICE SAY TWO OF
THEIR OFFICERS WERE INJURED,
ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN WHO
JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE
AREA IN HIS TRUCK.
>> BASICALLY IN THE WRONG
PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
HE RECEIVED AN INJURY,
NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURY AS
A RESULT OF A PROJECTILE IN
THE LEG.
>> HE MAY HAVE TO HAVE SOME
SURGERY IN THE FUTURE.
>> WHY THINGS ESCALATED SO
QUICKLY IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
AS THE TWO OFFICERS AND THE
CIVILIAN RECOVER, AUTHORITIES
SAY THEY KNOW THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN SO MUCH WORSE.
>> 25TH STREET IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DAY IS A VERY, VERY
HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA.
WE’RE VERY LUCKY THAT OTHER
INDIVIDUALS, OTHER CIVILIANS
WERE NOT INJURED.
>> YOU’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK
RIGHT NOW AT A DIFFERENT SIDE
OF THIS INVESTIGATION JUST OFF
THE MAIN ROAD.
THIS IS A DEAD END ROAD OUT
HERE.
POLICE SAY THIS GUNMAN FIRED
AND RAN.
HE WAS ULTIMATELY SHOT AND
KILLED IN A BUSINESS PARKING
LOT.
DETECTIVES STILL TRYING TO
MAKE SENSE OF EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED AND
THAT WILL TAKE TIME.
THAT’S THE LATEST HERE IN