Police open fire during barricade situation in Downtown Miami, officials say
Police opened fire Thursday night during a barricade situation in downtown Miami, authorities said.
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Police opened fire Thursday night during a barricade situation in downtown Miami, authorities said.
The brother of a man who died during an hours-long standoff with Miami police has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident, authorities confirmed Friday.
Two Miami police officers were shot while responding to gunfire in Allapattah, and the barricaded suspect was later found dead after a tense standoff, authorities said.
Two officers were shot, one in the knee and the other in the ankle, according to the Miami Police Department. Both injured law enforcement agents, a male sergeant and a female officer, were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital and are in good spirits with non-life-threatening injuries.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede speaks about the incident. Right now, police say the shooter is now barricaded inside a nearby home with a high-caliber rifle. Tactical units have surrounded the house and set up a perimeter. Morales said the suspect came out and engaged officers at one point, but no one else was injured.
CBS News Miami's reporter Steve Maugeri and Morgan Rynor were live on the scene. What CBS News Miami knows so far is that two officers were shot, one in the knee and the other in the ankle, police say. Both injured officers were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital and are in good spirits with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
According to the Miami Police Department, officers responded to the area of NW 17th Avenue and 26th Street, near Allapattah.
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Police said they received a ShotSpotter alert around 8:30 p.m. in the area of Northwest 16th Avenue and 47th Street.
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According to the City of Miami Fire-Rescue, the incident happened at NW 15th Ave. and 65 Street in Liberty City.
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A Miami police officer has been charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and discharging a firearm in a residential area, jail records show.
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Miami police said Fernando De Los Rios admitted to being involved in the crash, adding that the victim was crossing in the dark and he panicked.
Miami police said Fernando De Los Rios admitted to being involved in the crash, adding that the victim was crossing in the dark and he panicked.
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