The officer was part of the Robbery Intervention Detail and was shot in the head, sources told the Miami Herald. He had been rushed to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Multiple law enforcement sources told the Herald that the officer died from his injuries, though a Miami-Dade police public information officer said later Monday night that medics were still trying to save him.
“It doesn’t look good,” said Miami-Dade Police Union President Steedman Stahl.
The gunman was holed up in a car at Northwest 62nd Street and 17th Avenue and managed to drive away, sources said. The gunman’s car then crashed around Northwest 62nd Street and Seventh Avenue. It was not immediately clear whether the gunman was killed in the exchange of fire with police.
Video of the scene captured by WSVN Channel 7 showed at least two cars involved in the collision.
Miami-Dade police work a crime scene around Northwest 62nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Miami, Florida on Monday, June 15, 2022. A Miami-Dade police officer was shot after a car chase in Liberty City Monday night , multiple law enforcement sources said. Alexia Fodere For the Miami Herald
This story is breaking and will be updated when more information becomes available.
This story was originally published on August 15, 2022 at 9:48 pm.
David Ovalle covers crime and courts in Miami. A native of San Diego, he graduated from the University of Southern California and joined the Herald in 2002 as a sports reporter.
