RIGHT LANE BLOCKED BUT YOUR SPEEDS ARE AVERAGE AT 63 MILES PER HOUR.
>> DEVELOPING THIS MORNING IN
MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER RUSHED
TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT
DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH AN
ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT IN MIAMI.
THAT SUSPECT IS DEAD.
>> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
WITH PARKER BRANTON STANDING BY
AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
WHERE THAT OFFICER IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
FIRST LET’S START WITH LOCAL
10’S ANNALIESE GARCIA LIVE AT
THE SCENE WITH THE DETAILS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE HEARING FROM MIAMI-DADE
POLICE.
THEY TELL US THEIR DETECTIVE WAS
CRITICALLY SHOT BY AN ARMED
SUBJECT.
THIS SCENE STILL VERY ACTIVE.
MANY POLICE OFFICERS BLOCKING
OFF A LARGE AREA HERE.
I’LL SHOW YOU THERE’S A TRUCK
ABOUT TO PASS BY.
ONCE THAT MOVES YOU’LL SEE THE
LARGE AREA BLOCKED OFF.
THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A
CAR DOWN THE ROAD, FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION.
THIS STARTED WITH A GROUP OF
ROBBERY DETECTIVES THAT LOCATED
A CAR IN THE AREA OF NORTHWEST
62nd STREET AND NORTHWEST
17th AVENUE INVOLVED IN A
ROBBERY, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS WHITE SEDAN
TAKING OFF, CRASHING INTO
ANOTHER CAR AND THAT’S WHEN SOME
TYPE OF ALTERCATION HAPPENED AND
SHOTS RANG OUT.
LET’S TAKE YOU TO VIDEO OF THE
CRASH SITE.
THIS IS THE AFTERMATH.
BOTH THE SUBJECT AND THE VICTIM,
THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DETECTIVE,
WERE SHOT.
THE VICTIM TRANSPORTED TO RYDER
TRAUMA CENTER AND WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT HE IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
WE DID SPEAK TO WITNESSES ON THE
SCENE LAST NIGHT.
LET’S TAKE YOU THERE.
>> THE CAR THAT WAS THEY WAS
CHASING RUN INTO THE WHITE CAR
AND TOOK -- VERY STRONG HIT.
THE POLICE CAME, 15 CARS CAME.
WHEN THEY GOT OUT THEY STARTED
SHOOTING AT HIM.
I COULDN’T SEE.
THEY WERE SHOOTING.
I HEARD LIKE 20 SHOTS.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU’RE TAKING A
LOOK AT VIDEO OF A GROUP OF
POLICE OFFICERS HUDDLED AT THIS
SCENE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY IS VERY
HEAVY NOW.
YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THIS VERY LIVE
AND ACTIVE SCENE.
IT’S BEEN SEVERAL HOURS THAT
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS CONTINUING TO
INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT LED TO
THIS.
WE DO HAVE CONFIRMED INFORMATION
THIS OFFICER IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THREE
OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE
OTHER VEHICLE THAT THE SUBJECT
RAN INTO.
THEY ARE IN STABLE CONDITION
ACCORDING TO MIAMI-DADE POLICE.
AS SOON AS WE GET UPDATES WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THEM TO
YOU ONLINE AND ON AIR.
ANNALIESE GARCIA, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE TURNS TO
PARKER BRANTON.
>> HE’S LIVE AT JACKSON MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL WHERE MANY OF THEIR
BROTHERS IN BLUE GATHERED.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I CAN TELL YOU MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DETECTIVE IS IN JACKSON MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL.
WE’RE TOLD IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
A NUMBER OF OFFICERS RUSHING
HERE OVERNIGHT TO CHECK ON THAT
OFFICER.
LET’S TAKE YOU TO VIDEO OF THAT
ALL GOING DOWN.
THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS
FROM WHERE THAT ORIGINAL SCENE
ALL HAPPENED.
THIS MORNING MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DETECTIVE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
THE CITY OF MIAMI ALONG WITH THE
MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICERS FROM BOTH AGENCIES
COMING HERE TO THE HOSPITAL,
SOMETIMES HUGGING, HUMGHTSING, H
PRAYING FOR THIS OFFICER.
THE MIAMI-DADE MAYOR GIVING A
MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE’RE HERE IN SOLIDARITY
WAITING PATIENTLY.
THE OFFICER IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS WAIT AND
PRAY.
BE TOGETHER.
SO WE ASK ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US
IN PRAYERS, IN SUPPORT FOR THE
FAMILY AND FOR THE ENTIRE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY THAT IS ON
VIGIL, ON STANDBY DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
>> THAT SUSPECT DID ON SCENE BUT
MIAMI-DADE POLICE DETECTIVE IN
THE HOSPITAL.
AT LAST CHECK WE ARE TOLD IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
WE’RE REACHING OUT TO THE
DEPARTMENT FOR UPDATES ON THAT
OFFICER’S CONDITION AND AS SOON
AS WE GET THAT OF COURSE WE WILL
LET YOU KNOW.
LIVE FROM JACKSON MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL, PARKER BRANTON, LOCAL
10 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE’LL CHECK IN WITH YOU
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST UPDATES ON