>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS. MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER
SHOT.
FELLOW OFFICERS RUSHING TO
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO
AWAIT WORD ON HIS CONDITION.
>> IT ALL STARTED WHEN
OFFICERS TRIED TO STOP
DANGEROUS SUSPECT IN MIAMI AND
SHOTS WERE FIRED.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE.
>> WE STANDBY AT THE HOSPITAL
TONIGHT AND WE BEGIN WITH
TERRELL LIVE NOW FROM THE
SCENE WITH THE VERY LATEST.
TERRELL?
SCENE WITH THE VERY LATEST.
TERRELL?
>>Reporter: MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE HERE IN THE LINT CITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE POLICE
CARS AND THE YELLOW CRIME
SCENE TAPE FOLLOWED BY DOZENS
OF OFFICERS HERE AT THE AREA.
THIS INTERSECTION WHERE THINGS
CAME TO A CRASHING END
FOLLOWED BY GUNFIRE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE
MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER HAS
BEEN SHOT.
THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN ALL OF
THIS HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED
HERE IN THE AREA.
THIS IS NORTH WEST 62 STREET
AND SEVENTH AVENUE.
BUT THINGS ACTUALLY STARTED
ABOUT 10 BLOCKS TO THE WEST OF
HERE.
THIS IS 17th AVENUE IN NORTH
WEST 62 STREET.
YOU WILL NOTICE A WHITE CAR.
WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE VIDEO
OF THE WHITE CAR INITIALLY
FLEEING POLICE.
CAR SURROUNDED BAY NUMBER OF
OFFICERS WHO HAD THE GUNS
DRAWN POINTED AT AN ARMED
ROBBERY SUSPECT BUT THE CAR
TOOK OFF FROM THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN FLED
EAST DOWN NORTH WEST 62 STREET
TO THE SCENE WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NEXT PIECE
OF VIDEO.
THIS IS HOW THINGS CAME TO AN
END.
THE CRASH INVOLVING MULTIPLE
VEHICLES HERE AT THIS
INTERSECTION.
ACCORDING TO WITNESS THAT WE
SPOKE WERE THEY SAID THAT
THERE IS A WOMAN WHO DIDN’T
WANT TO GO ON CAMERA BUT SAYS
THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY NEXT TO
THE FLEEING SUSPECT WHEN ALL
OF THIS WENT DOWN.
SHE SAYS THAT POLICE RAN TO
HER CAR BASICALLY BANG THEIR
HAND ON THE WINDOW TELLING HER
TO JUST GO.
SIMULTANEOUSLY SHE SAYS THAT
SHE HEARD THOSE GUNSHOTS ABOUT
20 GUNSHOTS OR SO AGAIN
KILLING THE SUSPECT.
SUSPECT DIED IN THE
ALTERCATION WITH POLICE AND
MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER WAS
ALSO SHOT AND RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL AND WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT THE OFFICER IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION RATE NOW.
BUT VERY WILD SCENE THAT MADE
OUT IN FRONT OF A NUMBER OF
WITNESSES HERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THE CAR THAT IT WAS CHASING
RUN INTO THE WHITE CAR AND
TOOK THE FENDER WITH STRONG
HIT.
POLICE CAME AND THEY GOT OUT
AND START SHOOTING AT HIM.
I COULDN’T SEE SHOOTING AT HIM
BUT SHOOTING.
LIKE 20 SHOTS.
BUT SHOOTING.
LIKE 20 SHOTS.
>>Reporter: SO MANY OFFICERS HERE ON THE SCENE WEARING EMOTION ON THE FACES BECAUSE
OF THE DANGEROUS SITUATION
THAT PLAYED OUT HERE.
DOZENS AND DOZENS LITERALLY
HUDDLED TOGETHER HERE AT THE
SCENE WAITING FOR WORD.
OUT NOW LIVE TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED.
NORTH WEST SEVENTH AVENUE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS
POLICE CONTINUE THIS WILD
INVESTIGATION.
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>> PRAYERS WITH THE OFFICER
AND FAMILY.
THANK YOU.
WE GO NOW TO OUTSIDE JMH WHERE
FELLOW OFFICERS ARE GATHERING
FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN.
FELLOW OFFICERS ARE GATHERING
FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN.
>>Reporter: MIAMI-DADE POLICE CONFIRMING THE OFFICER WAS SHOT DURING AN ALTERCATION.
THE OFFICER WAS RACED HERE TO
RYDER TRAUMA CENTER IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
WE ARE TOLD FIGHTING FOR HIS
LIFE AND AS I STEP OUT TO GET
A BETTER LOOK AT THE SCENE.
DOZENS UPON DOZENS OF OFFICERS
HERE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL FROM
SEVERAL AGENCY.
MIAMI POLICE HERE TO
MIAMI-DADE POLICE.
ALL HUDDLED HERE FOR HOURS
NOW.
AS WE WERE DRIVING TO THE
SCENE WE SAW SEVERAL UNMARKED
AND MARKED CRUISERS RACING TO
GET HERE TO THE HOSPITAL.
ON THE DOLPHINS EXPRESSWAY.
OFFICERS NOT ONLY CONVERGE
INSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM BUT
ALSO OUTSIDE OF IT.
ALSO IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL
ON 18th STREET AND NINTH.
AGAIN MIAMI-DADE POLICE
CONFIRM ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS
SHOT FOLLOWING AN ARMED
ROBBERY INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE
PERSON WHO SHOT THE OFFICER IS
DEAD.
AGAIN, AS WE COME BACK OUT
LIVE.
URGENT SCENE OUTSIDE THE RYDER
TRAUMA CENTER.
OFFICERS HUG ONE ANOTHER.
SOMBER FACES.
A LOT OF PRAYERS HERE.
THE OFFICER WE ARE TOLD AGAIN
IN CRITICAL CONDITION FIGHTING
FOR HIS LIFE.
UNCLEAR HOW MANY TIMES THIS OF
IS0 WAS SHOT.
HIS IDENTITY NOT RELEASED JUST
YET WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
HERE.
WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEFED
BY A PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER FROM MIAMI-DADE POLICE
ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION
WE WILL PASS IT ALONG TO YOU
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